The Buhid script has 18 independent characters; 15 are consonants and 3 vowels. As an abugida, there are additional diacritic vowels. Consonants have an inherent /a/ vowel. The other two vowels are indicated by a diacritic above (for /i/) or below (for /u/) the consonant. Depending on the consonant, ligatures are formed, changing the shape of the consonant-vowel combination. Vowels at the beginning of syllables are represented by their own, independent characters. Syllables ending in a consonant are written without the final consonant. The letter order of the Buhid alphabet Buhid, is based on
phonetic principles that consider both the
manner and
place of articulation of the consonants and vowels they represent. Buhid writing makes use of single and double
danda punctuation marks. == Unicode ==