Peter T. Daniels scripsit:

> > Isn't "abugida" the term for an abjad whose vowel marks became obligatory?
>
> No, it's where the unadorned character is /Ca/ and vowel marks are added
> to it to change the vowel.

Fair enough, although I think Canadian Syllabics can be called an abugida
as well; the vowel marks take the form of rotations, and virama takes
the form of superscripting. Are there any abugidas that don't have
explicit or implicit virama other than Buginese?

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