Chapter 35 : Baybayin and the Ancient Tagalog Language:The Official Language of the Lakan Dula Kingdom (The Sultanate of Maynilad and Tundok)
The Ancient Language of Lakan Dula of Tondo
Several foreign and local historians, linguists, and well known archeologists are theorizing that that ancient Tagalog which is closely similar to the Waray dialect presently spoken in the hinterland of Samar today is the official language of the pre-hispanic Kingdom of Tondo whose last reigning king is Lakan Dula.
One proof of this is expounded in an article entitled: "The mystery of the ancient inscription" by Rolando Borrinaga published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The article talks about the historically famous "Calatagan Pot" which is a burial jar of the Ancient Tagalogs whose seat is in the Kingdom of Tondo. The burial pot which dates back from 12th to 15th century has mysterious markings which for so many years historians and linguists have not found a comprehensible interpretation. The historians found out that the pot is used in ancient rituals of sending a dead person's soul to the next life. They used lot of methods to decipher the message in the pot but still they cannot connect the burial rituals and the messages, until they used the present Waray dialect of people from the hinterland of Samar. The ancient messages became very clear:
Nabuká na ba? / Labâ ma na lâ, dakit / Nínu ma niya mangga / Gakatkat hiya lâ ngay-an / Bayâ ha dakit na, nu? / Da kalág binagat, ha? Interpreted roughly in English, it goes like: Is it open now for sure? [the gateway to the spirit underworld]/ Take it as a gain already, dakit [Tag., balete] tree/ That [the soul] confused you for a mango tree/
[It] just crossed out of fear [to your domain] alone, is that so?/
Leave the dakit tree now, will you?/
Shame/Bring [back] the soul that you [were told to] encounter, okay?
Lakan Dula used ancient Tagalog/Waray dialect "Kan" (which means "owned") in designating a plantation or vast track of land with a settlement of loyal relatives and workers, for his children and grandchildren. Kan Daba (today's Candaba) is a tract of fertile land near Tondo but now part of Pampanga, was given to Daba. Kan David (now known as Candawid in Isla de Batag, Northern Samar), was the plantation given to David. Kan Dola (now known as Candola in San Luis, Pampanga) was assigned to Dola. Take note also that Daba, David and Dola all start with letter "D" which somehow shows a systematic design of Lakan Dula to keep tract of his ancestors and successors whom he has been sending to different places with known friendly settlers and relatives within the sea and rivers routes to keep them safe from the on - going Spanish prosecutions.
Another article seem to point that ancient Tagalog came from the Samar/ Leyte Waray/Hebrew related dialect:
Tagalog (pronounced təˈɡɑːlɒɡ in English) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV (CALABARZON and MIMAROPA) and of Metro Manila. Its standardized form, commonly called Filipino, is the national language and one of two official languages of the Philippines. It is related to—though not readily intelligible with—other Austronesian languages such as Malay, Javanese, and Hawaiian. The word Tagalog derived from tagailog, from tagá- meaning "native of" and ílog meaning "river". Thus, it means "river dweller". Very little is known about the history of the language. However, according to linguists such as Dr. David Zorc and Dr. Robert Blust, the Tagalogs originated, along with their Central Philippine cousins, from Northeastern Mindanao or Eastern Visayas.
The reason why the eldest son of Lakan Dula, Batang Dula named the plantations he gave to his three children as Kan David (Candawid), Kan Daba (Candaba) and Kan Dola (Candola) using the word Kan, a Waray word for "owned", is a proof enough that the Tagalog dialect comes from the ancient Waray dialect which is based in the Hebrew dialect. Today, if you go to Isla de Batag (Batang) in Laoang, Northern Samar, they have word there "sibul" which is basically a Jewish word for a part of the house, same way the islanders used them. This is probably the only placed in the Philippines where "sibul" is used in that meaning, similar to the original meaning of the Jews. Samar is indeed Ophir.
The first written record of Tagalog is in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, written in the year 900 and uses fragments of the language along with Hebrew, Sanskrit, Malay, and Javanese. Meanwhile, the first known book to be written in Tagalog is the Doctrina Cristiana (Christian Doctrine) of 1593. It was written in Spanish and two versions of Tagalog; one written in the Baybayin script and the other in the Latin alphabet.
The Lakanate of Lawan (Ophir) in Samar (named after their homeland in Samaria) is at the influence center of several prosperous settlements in the pacific side of the Philippines - from Surigao, Butuan, Mactan, Quezon Province and Albay - have created lots of legends, curiosity and attraction from as far as India, Israel, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Brunei, Spain, USA and Japan. Forces from Majapahit, Srivijaya, India, Borneo and China tried to interact with the Lakanate of Lawan (Ophir), bringing their own people and culture and ended up settling in different places near the center of the Lakanate instead. The Sanskrit - speaking people ended in Butuan, the Muslims ended in Sulu, the Bornean Datu, Indonesians and Negritoes ended in Panay, as per the theory of migration of Otley Beyer…only the people historians interchangeably describe as lequios – hebrews – warays - lapita managed to settle right at the heart of the Lakanate of Lawan (Ophir) as natives of the settlement and their operation base to bring gold and other items to Israel every three years. Meantime, these natives of the Lakanate which are known in some history books as the hebrew, lequios, lapita people or waray intermarried with migrants and their captives. They are known for their Viking - like characteristics: love of the seas, bravery, suicidal courage, adventurous and loyalty to their homeland that wherever they settled – Tondo, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and other land in faraway countries, seas and ocean - they still dream of going back to the Lakanate of Lawan, a trait that even the modern day Warays still carry today. Thus, the very nature of the people of Lawan (Ophir) led to the series of intermigrations and intermarriages in this part of the world – a long process of settle, go, return, settle, go, and return - exchanging culture, ways of life, beliefs, religion, stories and writing system. Though thousands of long and arduous years, the writing system of the people of Baybay (poblacion) of Lawan (Ophir) and the native Hebrew of Israel have influenced each other as well as with the other writing systems of nearby civilizations and settlement, their bloodline have spread as well, so with their practices. According to linguists such as Dr. David Zorc and Dr. Robert Blust, the Tagalog dialect originated, along with their Central Philippine cousins, from Northeastern Mindanao or Eastern Visayas. The Lakanate of Lawan (Ophir) is in the Eastern Visayas or Waray Region. The western writers garlanded the Philippine land with more names such as Maniolas, Ophir, Islas del Oriente, Islas del Poniente, Archipelago de San Lazaro, Islas de Luzones(Island of Mortars), Archipelago de Magallanes and Archipelago de Legaspi. The western writers and ocean navigators called the islands Ophir before the Western people arrived and renamed it as Filipinas from the name of King Felipe of Spain. When the first European historian set their foot in the land of Ophir, it was written by historian Gregorio F. Zaide in page 2 and page 24 of History of the Filipino People, that Padre Chirino an eminent Jesuit historian found in Tagalog language that “it has the mystery and obscurities of the Hebrew language”. Since the Tagalog dialect came from ancient Waray dialect, therefore in the islands of Lawan (Ophir), the people seem to speak ancient Hebrew related dialect. (http://www.scribd.com/doc/78713593/Philippines-is-Ophir, retrieved December 23, 2012).
Baybay is the poblacion at the center of the Lakanate of Lawan (Ophir). Their ancient script was described in nearby Palapag by Spanish Priest Alcina in 1668 and this ancient form of Baybayin is called by Dr. Bonifacio Comandante as Surat Waray. It is so ancient that it has only 14 pelasgic scripts. Further away from the center Baybay is the same crude 14 pelasgic ancient Baybayin scripts recorded by historian Delgado in 1751 in Guian, Eastern Samar. It is also identified by Dr. Comandante as an older version of Baybayin as Surat Waray. The expansion of the ancient Baybay 14 pelasgic Scripts was also recorded in Carigara Leyte in 1683 by Spanish historian Esguerra and Dr. Comandante also identified it as Surat Waray. The 14 crude scripts from Baybay, Ophir may have been used by Viking – like people describe by historians interchangeably as lequios, warays, lapita or Hebrews primarily to list the names of people and materials they bring in and out of different settlements they create or invade or trade with, but in the process, different settlements kept on improving or adding extra scripts. Even today, the Warays and the Samoans have almost the same way of pronouncing their numbers from 1 to 10; the scripts of the Tagalogs of Luzon and as far as the people of Java in Indonesia developed further the ancient and crude scripts of Baybay from the poblacion of Ophir. There are different versions of Baybayin all over the Philippines but only in the ancient territory of the Lakanate of Lawan (Ophir), which is now identified as region 8 in the Philippines, as has been recorded officially in the Baybayin history, has the existence of three hispanic historical records on Baybayin in different places and time in the region which is now called by some historians as Surat Waray with a crude 14 pelasgic scripts that are very similar to Hebrew Scripts as attested by Dr. Narag, a Hebrew scholar in his book Baybayin Decoded. Ophir, Baybayin (Surat Waray), Bingi of Lawan, Datu Iberein and Samar (from ancient Samaria) have mysterious historical links. Historians and Hebrew scholars are researching deeper into this historical breakthrough.
Historians Believe that Baybayin Originally Came from Baybay of the Ancient Lawan
Filipinos react to Baybayin as national writing system. Today the Baybayin alphabet is used mainly for decorative purposes and the Latin alphabet is used to write to Tagalog. Nowadays it is written in a Roman alphabet, but prior to Spanish colonial rule, Tagalog speakers employed a syllabic alphabet named Baybayin to record their language. Each character, written in its basic form, a consonant ending with the vowel “A”.
Ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit sa hayop at malansang isda. Cultural organizations such as Sanghabi and the Heritage Conservation Society recommend that the collection of distinct scripts used by various indigenous groups in the Philippines, including Baybayin, be called Surat which a neutral term for any script.
The Baybayin system is an abugida system using consonant-vowel combinations. Historian Henry Scott mentioned the Bingi of Lawan siday, a local epic originally written in Baybay, a place in ancient Lawan. The Baybayin script has 3 symbols which represent the five vowels a,e,i,o,u.
Reference: Alibata Letters PDF . Retrieved from https://consignit.site/alibata-letters-91/ last February 21, 2020.
The Fastest Way to Learn the Ancient Scripts of people of Baybay in the the Lakanate of Lawan (Ophir)
The Descendants of Lakan Dula of Tondo are united, their unassuming secretive patriarch does not rule, he reigns privately
"My deepest gratitude to Hrh Prince Omar Kiram and His Majesty Sultan Fuad A. Kiram I of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu and Sabah for this conferment as one of the Datu(k) of the Royal Dominion."
Message of Hrh Prince Omar Kiram:
"The Hon. Datuk Sir Delmar Topinio Taclibon, KRSS, we wish you and your family and all our beloved members a blessed and prosperous joyful new year. Let us continue our resolve, commitment, dedication, true faith and allegiance to our beloved anointed Sultan Fuad A. Kiram I, to realize our advocacy of Sabah and Spratlys against Malaysia's land grabbing for the benefits of the Tausugs and the Filipinos. God Defend the Right!"
Toti Dulay : "congrats insan Delmar Topinio Taclibon and mabuhay ang Magat Salamat lineage ni Lakan Dula ng Tondo..."
Delmar Topinio Taclibon : "Thank you too Modern Day Grand Patriarch of the Lakan Dula Clan Sir Toti Dulay!"
Roderick Alain Alvarez : 9th cousin's husband's 9th great uncle's wife's 6th great aunt's husband's 16th great grandson we're that related, insan Toti, pero hindi pa tapos ang Lakan Dula genealogy: please add as many relatives coz, as head of the Royal House, you know them better :)
Toti Dulay: today at 2:36 AM
Thank you insan Roderick, in the Geni. Com genealogy, we saw na lumabas na yung name nung Juan Reyes Macapagal..ang main concern na lang natin is paano na connect si Diosdado Macapagal kay Juan Macapagal?
Suijul Tasorre : Dear Sir Toti, I am very happy to know that you were able to protect the continuity of the Dula lineage....... how I wish na makilala ko kayo....... I'm a fan royalties specially ancient filipino royalty.... the missing link of our history as a nation.......
Sam Jezrel Moran kamahalan.. pinag mamalaki ko po na akoy pilipino.. kau po pala ang prinsipe ng tondo si Prince. Sofronio Cerbito Dulay I.
The Pre Hispanic Native Royal Houses and Principalia Families of the Republic of the Philippines
The Principalia families of the Philippines are the descendants of the prehispanic lakan, sultan, datu, rajah, hadi of the different ancient prosperous native settlements all over the country that were eventually recognized by the Kingdom of Spain as part of the their royal administration in the country.
This could be a result of the informal alliance between Lakan Bunao Dula of the Lakanate of Tondo with the Kingdom of Spain. Among the agreement of the Lakanate of Tondo and the Kingdom of Spain are : there will be no more armed conflict between the two kingdoms, the native hereditary leaders will be allowed to use their ancient surnames, they will be free from paying taxes, and they will be appointed as gobernadorcillos of their own settlements. As a gesture of this diplomatic alliance between the Kingdom of Spain and the Lakanate of Tondo, Batang Dula, the eldest son and heir apparent of Lakan Bunao Dula and Senorita Goiti were betrothed and the palace of Lakan Bunao Dula, will be under the protection and maintenance of the Kingdom of Spain. Later, the palace was converted into a dormitory and eventually, a church was built on it.
It is now known as the Sto. Nino Church of Tondo. According Rev. Fr. Lito Villegas of the Church of Sto. Nino de Tondo, with the death of Lakan Bunao Dula, the Sto. Nino became the "Lakan of the Kingdom Tondo with children of Lakan Bunao led by his eldest son and heir apparent Batang Dula acting as the regents of the native kingdom. In the later part of the nation’s history, the Philippine Revolution against the Kingdom of Spain will eventually be led by natives of Tondo, Andres Bonifacio and Macario Sakay. When the Philippine Revolutionary Government was hoodwinked by both the Americans and the Kingdom of Spain through the Treaty of Paris, the revolutionary government led by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo filed a formal protest against the treaty and in their protest letter, they mentioned that the sovereignty and mandate of the revolutionary government was derived from the Lakanate of Tondo's mandate of Lakan Bunao Dula.
The recognition of the rights and privileges of the Filipino Principalía as equivalent to those of the Hidalgos of Castile appears to facilitate entrance of Filipino nobles into institutions under the Spanish Crown, either civil or religious, which required proofs of nobility. However, such approximation may not be entirely correct since in reality, although the principales were vassals of the Spanish Crown, their rights as sovereign in their former dominions were guaranteed by the Laws of the Indies, more particularly the Royal Decree of Philip II of 11 June 1594, which Charles II confirmed for the purpose stated above, in order to satisfy the requirements of the existing laws in the Peninsula.
The descendants of Lakan Dula has been spearheaded by the lineage of Batang Dula, through the cadet line of David Dula y Goiti where the Dulay Tribe all over the country emerged. They are recognized by the organizations of indigenous Filipinos headed by Rajah Julian Canonoy and other datu as well as principalia families, royal families from Sarawak, articles, blogs, heritage websites, and historians - - as the cadet line of the Lakanate of Tondo. The descendants of Lakan Dula which is headed by the 5th hereditary leader of the Dulay Mendoza Clan of Marikina, through their foundation, Ceferino Dulay Memorial Foundation, Inc. (CDM Foundation) has been doing advocacies and projects such as 1. Animal Shelter, 2. Marikina News, 3. Pro - Poor Projects (Feeding Program, Outreach, and Gift Giving), 4. Baybayin, Arnis and Kundiman Revival, 5. Lakanate of Tondo, Royal Houses and Principalia Families, 6. Descendants of Lakan Dula, 7. Sumpa ni Lakan Dula, 8. Indigenous tribal groups in the Philippines and 9. Dine with the Ancestors. The CDM Foundation was organized by the elders of the Dulay Tribe among them was Simon Dulay Sr. of Laoang, Northern Samar in honor of the lineage of the eldest son Ceferino Rivas Dulay, the 4th hereditary leader of Dulay Mendoza Clan of Marikina Valley. The Presidency of the foundation is now with the eldest son and legal heir of Ceferino who is known as the 5th hereditary leader of the clan.
A circle of advocates on specialized fields were involved in the projects: Pastor Jay Enage, founder of Baybayin Buhayin, Inc., Samuel Bambit Dulay for arnis, Arjhay Laurea for Kundiman and the family of the late national artist Lang Dulay for tinalak. The leader of the descendants of Lakan Dula had been interviewed by bloggers, I - Juander of GMA, different students and I -Witness of GMA; and the House of Dulay Mendoza has been a favorite venue for films and documentaries. One of those who took notice of the activities of the descendants of Lakan Dula was a Fil American from New York representing the Wangdom of Ma-I in Bulalacao Mindoro. He wrote a letter to the head of the House of Dula and an informal alliance between the Lakanate of Tondo and Wangdom of Ma-I was discussed in principle to support the existing projects and advocacies. The alliance embarked on a US Mission to Recover Doctrina Cristiana now kept by the US Library of Congress which was coordinated with the Office of the President, National Historical Commission and the Department of Foreign Affairs. The people behind the God's Culture in YouTube visited the House of Dula for a Dine with the Ancestors Ritual Havilah Version. A principalia who is a high ranking Filipino priest and papal official based in Vatican City in Rome later participated in the visioning of an organization of the principalia families in the Philippines which in essence became the foundation of the council. In a meeting between the patriarch of the House of Dula and the parish