abugida vs abjad vs alphabet vs syllabary
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 24, 2002, 19:51 |
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On 23 May 02, at 16:08, John Cowan wrote:
> I think so. I prefer to reserve the term "syllabary" only for what
> you have been calling a "non-featural syllabary", and use the
> terms "abjad" and "abugida" otherwise. Hangul is clearly none of these:
> it is an alphabet.
What's the difference between an abjad, an abugida, and a syllabary?
Cheers,
Philip
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