Host John Jonas (Secret Sauce of Outsourcing podcast) introduces episode 145 on Baybayin, the ancient Philippine script. He explains Baybayin predates Spanish colonization (1500s), outlines its decline after adoption of the Latin alphabet, and describes a contemporary resurgence — appearing in official seals, apparel, fonts, and tattoos — framed as an expression of Filipino pride and cultural preservation.
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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 has 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. 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, people saying, 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.
