> On Feb 16, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Leon Lin wrote:
>>
>> 3. Writing systems: abjads leave out vowels. Are there any systems
>> that
>> leave out consonants?
>
> I remember reading on Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> Abugida) recently: "Pahawh Hmong is unusual in that, while the
> inherent vowel /au/ is unwritten, so is the inherent consonant /k/.
> For the syllable /kau/, which requires one or the other of the
> inherent sounds to be overt, it is /au/ that is written. That is, a
> Pahawh akshara appears to be a vowel with an inherent consonant
> rather than the other way around." So, at least for /k/, that's
> somewhat like what you're describing (although as I understand it
> you mean leaving out all consonants, not just one "default" one).