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

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

wrote:

> > > Richard Wordingham wrote:
> >
> > > > Pahawh Hmong is just an alphabet - it has eleven oral vowels

and two

> > > > nasal vowels. All the Hmong codas are implicit in the nucleus!
> > >
> > > No, it is not an alphabet. It is a sort of reverse abugida.
> >
> > You have me confused on two counts. If it's an abugida, what's the
> > implicit vowel?
>
> IIRC each vowel letter has an implicit consonant, which is replaced by a
> consonant letter placed beside it.

It would have been more helpful to say, 'The implicit consonant is /k/.'

Richard.