The Official Filipino Alphabet

between 1976 and 1987

In 1976, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) of the Philippines issued a revised alphabet which added c, ch, f, j, ll, ñ, q, rr, v, x, and z to the ABAKADA that had been taught since the 1930s.

	a 	 b 	c 	ch 	d 	 e 	 f 	g 

	h 	 i 	j 	 k 	l 	ll 	 m 	n 

	ñ 	ng 	o 	 p   	q 	 r 	rr 	s 

	t 	 u 	v 	 w 	x 	 y 	 z

With the enactment of a new Philippine constitution in the mid-1980s, which declared Filipino (with an "F") to be the Philippine national language, a new Filipino alphabet started to be taught in Philippine schools.