This was definitely an evolutionary leap in Filipino orthography-with a vision for the national language to develop from Tagalog by enrichment with entries from the country’s other native languages. In fact, the names of some of the languages and places (Ifugao, Ivatan) demand the inclusion of such letters. ![]() The letters F, J, V and Z specifically honor and recognize some naturally-occurring sounds in our other Philippine languages that, intentionally or not, the Tagalog abakada could not accommodate.įor example, we have safot (spider web) in Ibaloy, masjid and jambangan (mosque and plant respectively) in Tausug and Mëranaw, vakul (grass headdress) in Ivatan and zigattu (east) in Ibanag. These eight “telltale” letters are C, F, J, Ñ, Q, V, X and Z.
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