Re: Abugidas (was: Chinese writing systems)

Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Eg, if you had a syllable /tuts/, would that necessarily be written TU-TS,
> or could there be a unitary syllabographeme TUTS?
Nope.  The characters are all either CV, CLV, CRV, C, or V, possibly
written in hangul-style blocks.

> If alphasyllabary has an accepted, if counterintuitive, meaning then you
> probably shouldn't be using it of Tivets writing. What about "syllabet"?
That could work.  Or perhaps something like "Semi-syllabry"

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