Re: The (UN)importance of pronunciation

Tristan McLeay scripsit:

> > Terminology memory failure.  Is an abjad a consonantary, like Arabic/Hebrew,
> > or a quasi-syllabary (both consonants and vowels, but consonants have
> > an implied vowel)?
>
> Consonantry.
Yes.  The latter type, used in the various Indic scripts, in Ethiopic, and
arguably in Canadian Syllabics, is called an "alphasyllabary" or "abugida";
I prefer the latter term.

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