At 13:56 -0400 2003-07-30, John Cowan wrote:

>Michael Everson scripsit:
>
>> >Pahawh Hmong: alphabet, but deeply bizarre
>>
>> Abugida. Sort of.
>
>Why so? It has vowel letters and consonant letters, it's just that it
>orders them VCVC... and pronounces them CVCV....

Because the rhyme letters have an inherent consonant unless it is killed.
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