Re: Basque & Katzner's Languages of the World

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> Well, if alphabet must be arbitrary shapes representing sounds, then
> yes.  But, seeing as how Hangul is based on phonetic principles, there
> is a kind of logic in calling it another category, "Featural code".  Of
> course, that would make a category with only one member.  :-)  So, I
> personally would also consider it an alphabet.
Well, Gregg and Pitman shorthand are featural; arguably, so is
Tengwar, although at a higher level it's an abjad.

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