--- In
qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:
> Just remove the word "diacritics" and replace it with "appendages"
or
> "modifications." ("Modifications" would presumably let Cree in.)
In one respect that would help. It is hard to perceive what Tamil and
Ethiopic have in common that Cree does not. It seems subtle.
However, most people accept Cree as a syllabary. I do not feel that
the use of the term abugida is widely accepted for Cree yet. The Cree
themselves are not without opinions of their own on this matter.
Suzanne McCarthy