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A writing system in which a character typically represents a consonant pronounced with a standard vowel sound, and is modified by diacritics to indicate variant sounds. Used primarily for South Asian or Southeast Asian languages. Chiefly in and after the work of Peter T. Daniels: see the etymology. 1990.
The word abugida is derived from the four letters, 'ä, bu, gi, and da, in much the same way that abecedary is derived from Latin letters a be ce de, abjad is derived from the Arabic a b j d, and alphabet is derived from the names of the two first letters in the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.
Used to write. Ge'ez (ግዕዝ), the classical language of Ethiopia which is still used as a liturgical language by Ethiopian christians and the Beta Israel Jewish community of Ethiopia. Amharic (ኣማርኛ), the national language of Ethiopia, has about 27 million speakers. It is spoken mainly in North Central Ethiopia.
Origin of abugida 1. First recorded in 1960–65; from Geez ʾabugidā, extracted from ʾa (lf), b (et), g (äml), d (änt), the first four consonants of the Geez script arranged in the order of Semitic writing systems with the first four vowel sounds of Geez in their traditional order ( ä, u, i, a ); later used in an extended sense by U.S ...
Origin & history. Adapted by Peter T. Daniels from Ge'ez አቡጊዳ, the name of its own script, based on the Greek alphabet order (Α, Β, Γ, Δ). Pronunciation. ( GenAm, RP) IPA: /ɑːbuˈɡiːdə/ Noun. abugida ( pl. abugidas)
May 22, 2024 · ] (The English word "abugida" is borrowed from the Amharic term for the letters of the script when taken in the order known from the Ge'ez transliterations of the Hebrew letter names found in the superscriptions of the sections of Psalm 119, as used in the liturgy; it takes the first four consonants and the first four vowels in their ...
Nov 26, 2004 · The growth of the alphabet (here known by the Arabic term abjad or the Indian abugida ), from what may have been a single origin to the profusion that is seen in the modern world, is explained in detail but with no loss of clarity.
