There is only one symbol or character for Da or Ra as they were allophones in many languages of the Philippines, where Ra occurred in intervocalic positions and Da occurred elsewhere. The grammatical rule has survived in modern Filipino, so that when a d is between two vowels, it becomes an r, as in the words "dangál" (honour) and "marangál" (honourable), or "dunong" (knowledge) and "marunong" (knowledgeable), and even "raw" for "daw" (he said, she said, they said, it was said, allegedly, reportedly, supposedly) and "rin" for "din" (also, too) after vowels. However, script variants like Sambal, Basahan, and Ibalnan ;to name a few, have separate symbols for Da and Ra.