Abjads represent consonants with full letters, and use optional diacritics
to represent vowels.
1) If a script makes its vowels optional, but uses full letters for them, is
it an abjad?
2) If a script uses diacritic vowels, but requires them, is it an abjad?
Enquiring minds want to know.
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