Re: Abugida*s*: exegesis of the differences

suzmccarth wrote:

>
> --- 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.

How many times do I have to say:

OF COURSE NOT!!!!!!

The fact that it is syllables that are represented by abugidas does not
make them syllabaries. Perhaps I should also have invented an
unfamiliar word for syllabaries -- now, what are the first few letters
of Cherokee (in Sequoyah's order) again?

> The Cree
> themselves are not without opinions of their own on this matter.

So what???? Do patients object because medical personnel refer to the
"femur" instead of the "thigh-bone"?
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...