Abugida (Writing) a writing system type that is based primarily on consonants but requires vowels

Abugida is a term in Grammatology that commonly means "a writing system type that is based primarily on consonants but requires vowels." (See also: ScriptSource Script Types). This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Writing.

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Source: ScriptSource (https://scriptsource.org)

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Abugida: A writing system based on consonants, with obligatory but secondary representation of vowels. Any given symbol represents a full syllable, which may be a single vowel or a complex combination of multiple consonants with a vowel. Where the symbol represents a combination of sounds, each sound will usually be represented by a particular element in the symbol, which is consistent across all syllables containing that sound.

SIL International Contributors, "ScriptSource: Script Types," accessed September 11, 2023, https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=cq3q4pwuah. [Visit]

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PsychLing Contributors. "Abugida." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 18 Sep. 2023, psylng.org/glossary/term/abugida-script. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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PsychLing (2023, September 18). Abugida. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/glossary/term/abugida-script

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PsychLing Contributors. "Abugida." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 18, 2023. Modified September 18, 2023. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://psylng.org/glossary/term/abugida-script.

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DLP

Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.

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Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]

ScriptSource

SIL International Contributors. "ScriptSource: Index of Languages and Writing Systems." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Created June 11, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://scriptsource.org. [Visit]

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