Re: The (UN)importance of pronunciation
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 11, 2004, 16:31 |
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MJR> Terminology memory failure. Is an abjad a consonantary,
MJR> like Arabic/Hebrew, or a quasi-syllabary (both consonants and
MJR> vowels, but consonants have an implied vowel)?
TM> Consonantry.
JWC> Yes. The latter type, used in the various Indic scripts, in Ethiopic, and
JWC> arguably in Canadian Syllabics, is called an "alphasyllabary" or "abugida";
JWC> I prefer the latter term.
Thanks!