At 12:39 +0200 2002-07-14, Lars Marius Garshol wrote:

>I agree that it is *parallel* to an abugida, but it doesn't fit the
>definition given in WWS, since that explicitly describes consonants as
>the base character.

Try to consider the WWS as descriptive rather than prescriptive.
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