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   An abugida ( / ˌɑːbuːˈɡiːdə, ˌæb -/ ⓘ; [1] from Ge'ez: አቡጊዳ ) – sometimes also called alphasyllabary, neosyllabary, or pseudo-alphabet – is a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as units; each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary, similar to a ...

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     e. The Tamil script ( தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி Tamiḻ ariccuvaṭi...

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     The oldest known abugida is the Brahmi script, a writing...

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   The Thai script ( Thai: อักษรไทย, RTGS : akson thai) is the abugida used to write Thai, Southern Thai and many other languages spoken in Thailand. The Thai alphabet itself (as used to write Thai) has 44 consonant symbols ( Thai: พยัญชนะ, phayanchana) and 16 vowel symbols ( Thai: สระ, sara) that combine into ...

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   Brahmic scripts descended from the Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts. Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script during the Gupta period, which in turn diversified into a number of cursives during the medieval period.

   Script	Derivation	Period Of Derivation	Usage Notes
   Ahom	Burmese	13th century	Extinct Ahom language
   Balinese	Kawi	11th century	Balinese language
   Batak	Pallava	14th century	Batak languages
   Baybayin	Kawi	14th century	Tagalog, other Philippine languages

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   What is the oldest abugida?

   • The oldest known abugida is the Brahmi script, a writing system that was invented in modern-day India. Most abugidas that exist today, including Devanagari, Khmer, and Thai, were based on the Brahmi script.

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   What does abugida mean?

   • An abugida is defined as "a type of writing system whose basic characters denote consonants followed by a particular vowel, and in which diacritics denote other vowels". ( This 'particular vowel' is referred to as the inherent or implicit vowel, as opposed to the explicit vowels marked by the 'diacritics'.)

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   What is an abugida script?

   • An abugida is a script that uses characters for CV syllables wherein the several characters for some consonant plus the language's array of vowels are modifications of the character for that consonant followed by the unmarked vowel (phonemically /a/). In an abugida, each consonant carries an inherent vowel, usually /a/.

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   What is an abugida in linguistics?

   • Abugida as a term in linguistics was proposed by Peter T. Daniels in his 1990 typology of writing systems. As Daniels used the word, an abugida is in contrast with a syllabary, where letters with shared consonant or vowel sounds show no particular resemblance to one another.

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5. www.omniglot.com › writing › abugidasAbugidas / Syllabic alphabets - Omniglot

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   Abugidas are also known as syllabic alphabets or alphasyllabaries. When two or more consonants occur together without vowels between them, special conjunct symbols may be used which add the essential parts of first letter or letters in the sequence to the final letter. The illustration on the right shows how some of the vowel diacritics (in red ...

6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › abugidaabugida - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   Dec 30, 2023 · An abugida is a script that uses characters for CV syllables wherein the several characters for some consonant plus the language's array of vowels are modifications of the character for that consonant followed by the unmarked vowel (phonemically /a/). In an abugida, each consonant carries an inherent vowel, usually /a/. ( linguistics) A kind of ...