Tagbanwa script

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Tagbanwa is one of the scripts indigenous to the Philippines, used by the Tagbanwa and the Palawan people as their ethnic writing system.^[1]

Tagbanwa script ᝦᝪᝯ
Script type	Abugida
Time period	c. 1300–present
Direction	Left-to-right
Region	Palawan Island
Languages	Palawanic languages
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic script[a] Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Brahmi script Pallava script Kawi script Baybayin Tagbanwa script
Sister systems	In the Philippines Baybayin Buhid script Hanunó'o script Kulitan In Indonesian Archipelago Balinese Batak Javanese Lontara Sundanese Rencong Rejang Bima Makasar
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Tagb (373), ​Tagbanwa
Unicode
Unicode alias	Tagbanwa
Unicode range	U+1760–U+177F

The Tagbanwa languages (Aborlan, Calamian and Central), which are Austronesian languages with about 8,000-25,000^[2] total speakers in the central and northern regions of Palawan, are dying out as the younger generations of Tagbanwa are learning and using non-traditional languages such as Cuyonon and Tagalog, thus becoming less knowledgeable of their own indigenous cultural heritage. There are proposals to revive the script by teaching it in public and private schools with Tagbanwa populations.^[3]