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Introduced in 1940 by linguist Lope K. Santos, the Abakada is a 20-letter system. It was the standard for teaching Tagalog before the modern 28-letter Filipino alphabet was adopted in 1987. Even today, many Filipino children begin their education with these core sounds because they are simpler to grasp than complex English phonics. The Abakada consists of: A, E, I, O, U.
The Abakada is the traditional Filipino alphabet. It consists of (five vowels and 15 consonants):
