Re: Shukaraz - new script
| From: | B. Garcia <madyaas@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 15, 2004, 1:46 |
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:42:23 -0400, John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
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> You're talking about abjads. Abugidas have an intrinsic vowel
> (prototypically short a) that must be overridden with a vowel sign when
> another vowel is wanted, or (in most cases) suppressed with a virama if
> no vowel is wanted. Ethiopic, the various Indic scripts, and (arguably)
> Canadian Syllabics are abugidas.
You're right. I hadn't caught that error.
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