Re: abugida vs abjad vs alphabet vs syllabary

Carlos Thompson scripsit:

> Each of the main symbols represent a CV syllable wher V is either /e/,
> /a/ or /o/.  Modifying symbols would make the vowel high, semivowel or
> diphthong:
>    C/e/+H = C/i/, C/e/+S = C/j/, C/e/+D = C/je/.
>    C/o/+H = C/u/, C/o/+S = C/w/, C/o/+D = C/we/.
> The semivowel modifier applied to a C/a/ syllable will make just a C.
>
> -n, -s, -r and -l have they own symbols, so they do not use /na/+S.
>
> Would this count as a syllabary, an abugida or an abjad?
I call this an abugida, rather in the style of what I suppose should
now be called "Dirk's abugida".  Each consonant series is associated
with a different vowel type: front, back, or low; there is a *virama*
(vowel-killer).

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John Cowan <jcowan@...>     http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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