Abakada alphabet
National alphabet of the Tagalog language (1940-87) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Tagalog alphabet" redirects here. For other uses, see Tagalog alphabet (disambiguation).
The Abakada alphabet was an "indigenized" Latin alphabet adopted for the Tagalog-based Wikang Pambansa (now Filipino) in 1939.[1]
The alphabet, which contains 20 letters, was introduced in the grammar book developed by Lope K. Santos for the newly-designated national language based on Tagalog.[2] It was officially adopted by the then Institute of National Language (Filipino: Surian ng Wikang Pambansa).
The alphabet has since been superseded by the adoption of the Filipino alphabet (with an additional eight letters and repositioning of the letter K) in 1987.