Notices by Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)

@daveonc Ah, all Unicode text. If you're viewing from an Android device (Android 10+) there's a built-in font "Noto" by Google which covers more or less 80% of the entire Unicode characters.

The font for Baybayin, for the Tagalog variant is "Noto Tagalog".

For iOS, I'm not sure which font they're using and which version of iOS supports the 4 Baybayin variants included in Unicode.

For desktops, you can install the Noto family from the official site: https://notofonts.github.io

Or, just the Baybayin variants:
- Noto Tagalog
- Noto Tagbanwa
- Noto Buhid
- Noto Hanunoó

🙂

Yep, in government-approved curriculum and text books, it's called "Alibata", which is unfortunately incorrect. 😅 I'm not sure if they corrected the curriculum and text books after it gained attention of the media in 2016/17.

But, yeah, it's a good one to (re)-learn, especially since it's well-known abroad (with papers written, talks, and so on) and there are foreigners who can read and write it better than majority of us Filipinos. 😅😅

It's also interesting because it reshapes our way of thinking and processing writing scripts. So, it helps in also learning other writing scripts if one wants to pursue it. Baybayin is easiest to learn since there are fewer rules and characters, than compared to Hebrew, Korean, and Japanese.

Now I am curious, what's our #Filipino word for #Fediverse and #SocialWeb ?

So far, I these for potential Filipino translation of "Fediverse":

- bigkisberso (bigkis + uniberso)
- sansinukob = used in Filipino astronomy and literature to refer to the "universe" (I personally like this one)
- bukob (buklod + sukob) = just my invention

Other suggestions?

Since we're talking about the Filipino language (not Tagalog language), this means all Philippine languages are valid. We can combine them together, even use the 6th vowel /ë/.

But how about "Social Web"?

I was told that the Filipino for "Internet" is "daigbatan". I'm just not sure though since I can't find information on "batan" other than:

- Original name of Bataän was Batan, a Spanish word for "log" (🪵) which the province was named after by the Spaniards.
- The Ivatan people call themselves in the Ivatan language as "Batan". (Yes, Batanes = Isles of [the] Batan [people]. Batan + Isles (just my theory, but it makes logical sense 😝))

So, I'm not sure why "Internet" is "daigbatan".

My thought process is, "social web" could be:
- liponbatan = literally social network
- daiglipon = lit. world social; web social

Other suggestions?

@pilipinas@fedigroups.social @philippines @pilipinas@lemmy.ml @pinoy@fedigroups.social @pinoy@a.gup.pe #Philippines #Pilipinas #Pilipino #Filipino #Filipinas

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@liaizon Ah! Good question!

The best way is to transliterate as "pe-di-bers" which is written like this: ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔

If we translate, which is the standard method, it's hard to translate "federated":

- federated = interconnected = konektado (lit. connected)

However:
- federation = pederasyon = synonyms: unyon (literally union), pagbubuklod, etc.
- federal = pederal = sang-isahan / san-isahan = synonym: buklod (lit. (1) to be together; (2) to set apart)

So, we can probably use the following for "federated":
- lipunan (literally society, association)
- pagbibigkis (lit. unionizing, establishing relationships or connections)
- kapisanan (lit. association, club, group, society)
- buklod ((1) to be together; (2) to set apart)

For universe:
- kalawakan (Tagalog & Filipino) (lit. outer space)
- sansinukob (Tagalog & Filipino; used in Filipino language astronomy and other literature) (lit. one cover) (root word: sukob (en: cover))
- uniberso (Filipino language only) Spanish loan word in Tagalog, in Baybayin loan words comes as second to the last resort (last resort is transliteration)

We can probably have:
- bigkisberso = ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜓ (bi-g-ki-s-be-r-so)
- sansinukob = ᜐᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜓᜃᜓᜊ᜔ (sa-n-si-nu-ko-b) = I personally like this one
- bukob (buklod + sukob) = ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜊ᜔ (bu-ko-b) = just my invention

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Tagging @pilipinas and @philippines Anyone have suggestions?

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@liaizon Yep. But only the Tagalog variant.

Of the 4 variants currently in Unicode, the two Mangyan variants (Hanunoó and Buhid) are the ones that retained uninterrupted use, but I can't read it. 😅

The Tagalog variant, while always taught in schools, it was never used until a resurgence in the early 2000s. That one I can read and write.

Tagalog variant: ᜋᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (ma-bu-ha-y)
Hanunoó: ᜡᜧᜫᜦᜥᜤᜩᜨᜲᜢᜳᜣᜳᜥᜲᜥᜳᜥ᜴ (random letters)
Buhid: ᝋᝉᝃᝒᝁᝅᝆᝏᝃᝎᝒ (random letters)

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@liaizon It is! 🇵🇭 It's really sad the Latin script was adopted as the official script for Philippine languages even after the colonial era.

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@delcj Ahh. For mobile phones

- from Android 10 onwards, they're using the Noto font collection which contains more than 80% of the Unicode characters (unless the manufacturer replaced it with their own font set (like Samsung), or removes most of it (like most white-labeled phones from China))

- for iOS, probably not unless Apple updates their native fonts.

Meanwhile for desktops and laptops

- you can install the Noto fonts from https://notofonts.github.io

The missing fonts in the original post was Baybayin-Tagalog script (Tagalog variant of Baybayin script).

- in Unicode it's called "Tagalog" script
- Noto font: "Noto Sans Tagalog"

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Thanks to the #KKK the #Philippines gained its independence from Spain—after more than 300 years of oppression.

Today marks the 127th #Independence of the #Filipino nation.

MABUHAY ANG #PILIPINAS ᜋᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ #ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉᜒᜈᜐ᜔

#Katipunan #Kalayaan #Kasarinlan @pilipinas @philippines

@atomicpoet 😂 I remember that. It became a running joke when introducing new players to it.

"Shoot them all! You'll get something awesome!"

*deadz*

😅

Is everyone ready? #BTS members are done with their mandatory military service. The purple #ARMY 💜 (fandom name) will be very active again. 😝

Welcome back!

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@dnkboston Yep, Disney+ is a challenge. For The Witch Part 2, if you have a paid Viu account, it's also available there. The Tyrant is unfortunately exclusive to Disney+ 😅

But yes, great lore, it's just so hard to find the clues. I think the writer/director intentionally made it very hard. 🤣

The Witch Part 3 has been rumored to be nearing the screenwriting phase and might start filming later this year.

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Teaser for my upcoming article re: "The Witch" / "The Tyrant" franchise.

Debunked interpretations and fan theories:
1. Part 1. The Subversion happened in 2018
2. Part 2. The Other One happened in 2022
3. The Tyrant was a prequel / origin story
4. The Tyrant happened in 2024
5. 채자경 (Chae Jakyeong) escaped from the same facility as 구자윤 (Gu Jayun)
6. The event 장 (Jang) and 조현 (Johyeon) had a massive defeat—where everyone else in their unit died—was during the escape of 구자윤 (Gu Jayun)

Coming soon!

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@GrahamDowns It's ironically accurate and a very good idea! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😝😝😝🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

#DidYouKnow that there is a Fibonacci sequence in the #Kdrama #NinePuzzles ( #나인퍼즐 )?

I explained it here:

https://mydramalist.com/discussions/752975-nine-puzzle/141360-analyses-theories?pid=3326972&page=1#p3326972

#드라마

@JackRacc There are actually no moderators or admins in gup.pe type groups. You'll have to block the server you don't like in your own instance and/or account. You can contact the gup.pe service directly to report content and accounts.

Aside: There are other group services where admin/moderation is possible, like Friendica and Hubzilla groups. As well as Mbin (@autistics@fedia.io) and Fedigroups (@autistics@fedigroups.social).

@actuallyautistic

To my Korean friends. There's something in the International communities that you probably might want to be aware of:

The view is now shifting that all the "bullying" allegations are fake. People started to notice that whenever a celebrity is rising, there's a very convenient "bullying" allegation.

Of course, who cares about non-Koreans and the perception of International fans, right? It's understandable, your culture, your problems, your own.

But, who knows, maybe it does matter to you guys. Or, it might affect the #Kpop & #Kdrama industries later. So, just a friendly heads-up. 🙇🏽🖖🏽

#Philippines & #Ukraine

https://youtu.be/NX4Hnv-xkWg

#Filipino #Culture

The Top 10 Variety Shows in Pacific Asia by year and number of episodes

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Update.

It turns out that on 2024-11-19 the Seoul Metropolitan Government said that the official English name of 한강 (Rom. Hangang; trans. Han River) is "Hangang River" or "Hanriver River".

However, it's only a Seoul Metropolitan Government mandate, not a National mandate, so much so that other regions where Hanriver River crosses are still using "Han River" which is the proper English translation.

- https://m.koreaherald.com/article/10011186

> The Korea JoongAng Daily editorial board has decided to maintain the use of the Han River terminology according to our style guide.

- https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-11-19/national/socialAffairs/Its-Hangang-River-not-Han-River-says-Seoul-govt/2181202

> In July 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism established guidelines for writing the names of natural landmarks in English. The rule specifies that Korean terms should first be Romanized, followed by an English descriptor of the geographic feature.

Keywords here are: names and descriptor.

1. What is the name of the 508-km river in Korea? 한 (Han)
2. What is the descriptor of said river? 강 (gang; trans. river)

In other words, following their own rules, 한강 in English is "Han River". The name is "Han" and the descriptor is "River".

Even the Koreans are divided over this "Hanriver River" mandate of the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

While yes, tautological hydronyms are not new and is actually common than we imagine, "Hangang River" won't count as tautological until it becomes an official National mandate and seen in official Korean English maps.

For example, "Laguna Bay" in the Philippines originated from "Laguna de Bay" which is correctly translated in English as "Lagoon of Bay". It is a valid tautological hydronym because official English maps of the Philippines is using "Laguna Bay" (originally "Laguna de Bay").

"Laguna Bay" is actually confusing because people read "Bay" as in "bey", a body of water, and "Laguna" as the Province of Laguna. When in reality "Bay" is read as "bai" (as in Baybayin) and "Laguna" is "Lagoon". It's actually "Lagoon of Bai" because the Spaniards literally named the lagoon after the Town of Bay (bai); and yes its a lagoon, not a bay. 😝

Going back, "Hangang River" only becomes an official tautological hydronym once it becomes a National mandate and actually used in official English maps approved by the National government of Korea; just like anywhere else in this "modern" era.