Michael Everson wrote:
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> 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.

That's awfully well put.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...