We don't use it anymore today, except for tattoos, but the pre-Spanish syllabary...

We don't use it anymore today, except for tattoos, but the pre-Spanish syllabary or "baybayin" was documented in the Doctrina Cristiana published in Manila in 1593. Contrary to popular belief, the Spanish friars did not destroy all our native culture, they preserved some of it--our script, our languages, and the life and culture expressed in our words.