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Re: Abugidas (was: Chinese writing systems)

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Thursday, November 7, 2002, 12:29
John Cowan wrote:

>Andreas Johansson scripsit: > > > Are you trying to say that "alphasyllabary" is an out-dated term for > > abugida? If so, explaining it as a mix of an alphabet and a syllabary > > appears, to me, less than helpful. > >I didn't give any such explanation: someone else did. "Alphasyllabary" >has been applied in the past to both abugidas and abjads, and I do >consider it obsolete.
Sorry that I implied that you said that; I didn't mean to. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail