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====Abjad==== | ====Abjad==== | ||
An abjad catches only the consonants of a language. You might wonder how is that even useful? How would one tell apart words like "bet" "bat" "bit" if all you see is "bt"? The answer is simply that in european languages the vowels play a much more important role. In semitic languages the vowels role is lesser and consonants are more important, but even if it does play an important role you can still use it. "I bt 100 dllrs tht y cn't d tht", if you check that you might still be able to read what it says, context does everything! | An abjad catches only the consonants of a language. You might wonder how is that even useful? How would one tell apart words like "bet" "bat" "bit" if all you see is "bt"? The answer is simply that in european languages the vowels play a much more important role. In semitic languages the vowels role is lesser and consonants are more important, but even if it does play an important role you can still use it. "I bt 100 dllrs tht y cn't d tht", if you check that you might still be able to read what it says, context does everything! | ||
*Grapheme count: 10-40 | |||
*Phoneme count: small to large | |||
====Abugida==== | |||
Also known as Alphasyllaberies, the characteristics is that like a syllabery each symbol marks a CV cluster, but while "pa" and "pe" symbols are unrelated in syllaberies they are related graphicly to each other in an abugida. The vowel is changed by adding some tiny change, mark or whatnot. But it is important to notice that the original base symbol always have an inherent vowel to it that is modified and you need to add a symbol to even remove the vowel so it is a consonant alone. This language fits almost all languages but might not be suitible to languages that have too many non-CV syllables because otehrwise the vowel removal symbol will pop up quite frequently | |||
*Grapheme count: 10-40 | |||
*Phoneme count: small to large | |||
====Alphabet==== | |||
PHEW! this one we all know right? Yes and no, while western civilizations have grown around this there is still alot to it. It is capable to more or less represent all the basic sounds of a language it is by no means perfect or ideal. Vowels are more marked than an abjad for example but even within an alphabet the vowel marking is often at best just an approximation than something absolute. | |||
*Grapheme count: 10-40 | *Grapheme count: 10-40 | ||