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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'.)
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 ...
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An abugida is a writing system that is neither a syllabic nor alphabetic script, but somewhere in between. It has sequences of consonants and vowels that are written together as a unit, each of which is based on the consonant letter.
An abugida – 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 diacritical mark.
Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet (አቡጊዳ) Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines. Each symbol represents a syllable consisting of a consonant plus a vowel. The basic signs are modified in a number of different ways to indicate the various vowels.
An abugida is a writing system that is composed of symbols representing consonants and vowels. In this type of writing system, the symbols are arranged in a specific order, usually based on their phonetic sound.
