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On the possible Cham origin of the Philippine scripts.
From:
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
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March 1, 1993| Author:
Wade, Geoff
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Through comparing the graphs used in the Philippine scripts with those of epigraphic and "modern" Cham, this article suggests that the Philippine scripts are probably derived from Cham, rather than from the scripts of island Southeast Asia. Chinese and other textual evidence is cited to show links between the Philippines and Champa from at least the eleventh century.
I. The Philippine Scripts
In 1593, there was printed in Manila a most remarkable xylographic (wood-block) b...
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