Although one of Ferdinand Magellan's shipmates, Antonio Pigafetta, wrote that the people of the Visayas were not literate in 1521, the baybayin had already arrived there by 1567 when Miguel López de Legazpi reported that, “They [the Visayans] have their letters and characters like those of the Malays, from whom they learned them.” B1 Then, a century later Francisco Alcina wrote about:
Bagama't naisulat ni Antonio Pigafetta, isang kasama ni Ferdinand Magellan, na hindi marunong sumulat ang mga taga-Bisaya noong taong 1521, nakarating doon ang baybayin pagsapit ng taong 1567. Iniulat noon ni Miguel López de Legazpi na “sila [ang mga Bisaya] ay may sariling pagsulat at mga titik na katulad ng sa mga Malayo, na siyang nagturo sa kanila.” B1 Pagkaraan ng isang daang taon, sumulat si Francisco Alcina tungkol sa...