Should we read the baybayin characters on the pot from left to right or the other way around? Do the letters form words and phrases or are these shorthand or code for something else? The first ...

"The Baybayin is an ancient writing system used ... when a kudlit or a dot is introduced either above or below the character. A vowel-killer is used to remove vowels. While Baybayin has become ...

A syllabary differs from a language but includes characters that represent syllables. Baybayin is thought to date back to the 1400s or earlier, before the Philippines was colonized by Spain.