John Jonas explores Baybayin, the indigenous Philippine script used before Spanish colonization in the 1500s. After centuries of disuse following the adoption of the Latin alphabet, Baybayin is experiencing a cultural resurgence, appearing on government seals, T-shirts, tattoos, and custom fonts as a symbol of Filipino pride.
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Welcome to the Secret Sauce of Outsourcing podcast that's dedicated to making you better at working with online Filipino specialists. This is episode 145 by Bayin, the ancient script of the Philippines. So the Philippines is a really long history, and understanding it, I think, is really helpful in helping you understand the people that you're working with. So let me just talk about this for a second, and we'll talk about this. This script, before the Philippines was colonized by Spain in the 1500s, it already had, like, a rich history writing using the indigenous Alphabet, which they call Baybayin. Now, Filipinos no longer use this. This Alphabet. Spain introduced the. The English Alphabet, the European Alphabet, and the whole country has used that for hundreds of years now. But there's still. There's a resurgence going on right now of this Baybayin Alphabet as part of a cultural preservation. It's being used in, like, government or official documents or seals. It is commonly used for, like, T shirts as being fonts are being created for it because it looks really cool. Tattoos are common with it. It's an interesting resurgence of this ancient thing that really kind of symbolizes Filipino pride. The Philippines, they're proud to be part of the Philippines. The people that live there love their country. And this is an outward demonstration of people. I love where I'm from. This is part of our history. This is part of our culture. Our culture is cool. We love it here.
