--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:

> The order is historical. Logosyllabaries come first. Sometimes they
> develop into syllabaries. Misunderstanding of one resulted in a
> logoconsonantary.
>
> The abjad seems to have been a misunderstanding of the

logoconsonantary.

>
> The alphabet was a misunderstanding of the abjad.
>
> The abugida was an adaptation of the abjad.
>
> Nonliterates who set about to invent writing for their own language
> invariably come up with syllabaries.

How can terms for these 6 historical stages be imposed on current
synchronic types?

Suzanne McCarthy