Munting Aklat ng Baybayin
  Philippine Historical Association & Amlat
Ian Christopher B. Alfonso's Munting Aklat ng Baybayin is a full colored book about the ancient Philippine writing system called Baybayin. It tackles the issues and concerns regarding Baybayin's popularization in contemporary Philippine society. It is also a guidebook on how to familiarize and write in Baybayin with Doctrina Cristiana (1593) as the baseline, although accommodating widely accepted practices such as the use of the vowel killer. National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario wrote the foreword and published by the Philippine Historical Association and Amlat.
Faculty Involved:
Ian Christopher B. Alfonso, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Focus: 16th-17th century Philippines, Philippine Revolution, toponymy, cultural heritage, animal history, local history of Manila Bay communities (especially Bulacan and Pampanga)