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cabuay — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:39:01 -0000

Frederick, please email me info@baybayin.com. Thanks!

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Jecris — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:25:28 -0000

hi Christian. i already emailed the pic via attachment to info@pinoytattoos.com.

it's suppose to say: dunong (wisdom); lakas (strength); tapang (courage); puso (heart).

salamat sa tulong kaibigan.

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cabuay — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:06:23 -0000

I don't have a friendster account. Email me info [at] pinoytattoos.com

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cabuay — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:14:18 -0000

I don't have a friendster account. What's it supposed to say?

Christian

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Jecris — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:38:50 -0000

hi Christian. m jecris and i've been all over your site this past week and pretty much decided to get a baybayin tatt. but before i could do that, could u please check out if this is even correct:

http://www.friendster.com/photos/26813968/1/677...

i used Nordenx's font but i could perhaps ask the artist do his thing. just want to know if what i came up with is basically correct. salamat!

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marfealsantiago — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:42:11 -0000

trying out the possibility of Baybayin usage: www.banyuhay.co.cc is a website written in the Baybayin script. In order to view, download the Baybayin Unicode font (a download link is provided at the top-right corner of the site, below the header). Please do visit the site, it has some test articles, and comment whether its feasible to manage or not. thanks.

Re: FREE Baybayin worksheet

cath13 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:51:24 -0000

i wanna have a baybayin tat...how?

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Melody Tolentino — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:25:05 -0000

Hi Christian, this is Dy from Art by Dy on the BlogSpot. You had wanted to feature my drawing of my friend's lola on here and that's totally fine. But, even though I researched the Alibata script translation for "Lovely", I wanted to make sure you thought it was correct before featuring. I found that there was no real translation for the English word "Lovely" into Alibata script. I had to dig deeper and found that the Tagalog translation "kai big ibig" has an older version of "ka e be ebe". This is what I used to translate "Lovely" into the Alibata script. My friend did not get this tattoo yet, it was just a concept for him to decide upon later. It would be nice to have someone check my translation though as I am no expert with the ancient script.

Thanks, Melody

Re: Filipino Alibata Katipunan Fitted T-Shirt

samsun — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:50:32 -0000

it is said as Ki/Ke not Ka as you would like it to be

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marfealsantiago — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:26:58 -0000

hope this website would grow and some serious Baybayin projects instituted.
something new about the Baybayin. http://marfealsantiago.co.cc/2009/01/baybayin-b...

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Pezee — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:46:41 -0000

ive been looking online trying to find out how to translate Jo el and Na ni ta if yall can help it would be great

thanks
Joel

Re: FREE Baybayin worksheet

suku — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:27:21 -0000

Thanks for the download. I'll be using it in my classes at the Bayanihan Center, Seafood City Plaza, Vallejo CA

Let you know the details later...
Christine

Re: Malakas = ME-LE-LE?

anne — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:38:41 -0000

I think the dot is placed to show a figure like a man (in this case, 3 men?) with the dot as heads, but yes, they should check the alibata and instead of a confusing dot, put head-like images instead - or smilies :-)

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cabuay — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:05:03 -0000

Hi. We might have meet in Pistahan. Thanks for adding to the conversation. You are correct, I should have clarified. I've read/heard the debates of the multi-directions of reading/writing/carving Baybayin. It's a tough call with little original written materials.

I think you should reconsider posting your work online. If it's artwork, I totally understand why you would not but if you have any research papers, it would only benefit the community. We can all learn from someone with your experience and knowledge.

I'm planning to relaunch this site soon. If your interested in contributing, please contact me at info@baybayin.com.

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Lapu2 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:58:32 -0000

Greetings, Christian~

Kayumanggi' Klay Ordona (tilde not showing here), posting this note.
Did we meet at Pistahan in SF?

I was among the early Baybayin scholars/artists
in California to teach young Pin@ys about our indigenous writing in workshops
at various schools, conferences, and kommunity centers.
I started doing artwork after I was exposed to LIWANAG
(published by Bay Area Pin@ys associated with PACE & KSW)
in High School in 1980.
After that, I studied various sources available in print at that time, and
learned from kultural workers in the Philippines about the aktwal kasaysayan
at praktis. I chose not to post my work on the internet in the late 80s/early 90s
to prevent it from being mis-appropriated or abused,
and to re-propagate ang Baybayin amongst Pin@ys (especially
Urban Poor & other impoverished kababayans) before others, amongst other reasons.

With all due respect, kapatid, you must correct one statement that you made
about the indigenous writing tradition. The original mode of writing
ang Baybayin is "away" from the carver (since it tended to be cut/carved
into leaves, kawayan, wood, atbp..), which means it was inscribed
or read from "bottom to top". This is how some of our people
in Palawan and Mindoro still do it. European colonialists did not
even figure this out, at first, just as they had to add the cross kudlit
to utilize the characters as they evangelized with their version of
the Judeo-Christian scriptures. But like the cross kudlit, their colonization
has influenced the minds and kultura of our people. Now many people
assume that the "right" way to write Baybayin is "left-to-right",
just like they often assume that maps are supposed to have
North as "up"(which is the Eurocentric norm).

I hope you will take this as constructive criticism,
for we all make honest mistakes,
and continue to evolve your work, kababayan...
and remember that not everything is on the internet
or in Eurocentric knowledge bases, like Academia.

If you wish to be in touch, you can reach me
at this email for now: Lapu2@sfsu.edu

sa*la*am*at*ka*pa*ya*pa*an

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Lapu2 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:47:40 -0000

I re-posted this in the more relevant string

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frederickvpa — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:30:23 -0000

Hi, I'm Frederick Victor Paredes Añana, a Fine Arts graduate of Far Eastern University. I designed my own modified baybayin called Maharlikang Tagalog. It has three versions. Visit the links below (from Omniglot.com) to check them out:

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/maharlikang.php

For Archaic Version 1, see http://www.omniglot.com/writing/maharlikang.php...

For Archaic Version 2, see http://www.omniglot.com/writing/maharlikang2.ph...

For The Simplified Version, see http://www.omniglot.com/writing/maharlikang3.ph...

I also designed, Alfa-kinetix, a modified Baybayin with moving diacritics (or vowel markers).

See http://www.omniglot.com/writing/alfakinetix.php

I used Coreldraw and Macromedia Flash to design my Baybayins.
So what do you think? What’s your comment about my modified Baybayins.

THANKS TO OMNIGLOT.COM

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frederickvpa — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:14:32 -0000

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frederickvpa — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:13:55 -0000

Re: Malakas = ME-LE-LE?

bianca — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:08:36 -0000

what about paninindigan? how is that in alibata?

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DerekLactaoen — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:02:47 -0000

Hey guys-

So I'm looking to get my first tatoo in Baybayin. I've been doing some research on how to write out my last name "Lactaoen," and I think I have it right. If any of you have experience in Babayin, could you check it out in the link and let me know if I'm on the right track?

Thanks.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/D-Lisch/...

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yellowfist — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:36:40 -0000

thanks for the post! this is the last pumpkin i carved...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=36804468&...

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ruth santos — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:14:10 -0000

hey i need help to translate in alibata i really want to get a tattoo a alibata one but i cant yet cause i dunno how ot translate it please..if anybody can help me please email me or myspace at ..ruthlesz_saywutt@yahoo.com please please i would really appreciate it thanks:)