From: "Harald Hammarstrom"
To: <Nostratica@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Nostratica] Abujidas (was: Origin of the Sumerian language)

> > > How do they justify the division between alphabets proper and abugidas
> > > "syllabarys"?
> >
> > The obvious and sufficient justification is that it is convenient.
>
> That's arbitrary.

Not now it isn't. If I write an e-mail in Thai (whose script is abugida),
Outlook won't let me violate the rules governing the sequencing of consonant
and vowel symbols.

Richard.