| The Abakada alphabet was an "indigenized" Latin alphabet adopted for the Tagalog-based Filipino national language in 1940.
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. The alphabet was officially adopted by the Institute of National Language (Filipino: Surián ng Wikang Pambansâ).
The Abakada alphabet has since been superseded by the modern Filipino alphabet (with eight more letters and the repositioning of the letter K) adopted in 1987. |
