Re: Basque & Katzner's Languages of the World

Almaran Dungeonmaster scripsit:

> Just curious: Where do the terms abjad and abugadi come from?
The first four letters of the alphabet in Arabic and Amharic respectively
(except it's "abugida", not "abugadi").  Just like "alphabet" from
alpha-beta.

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