Re: Number of writing systems

suzmccarth wrote:

> For Syllabics, basic units of representation are syllable level
> graphs, analyzable by shape for consonants, and by orientation
> (rather than rotation) for vowels - could it be called an
> alphasyllabary?

No, but it could be called an abugida, if one felt that one of the
orientations was the base and the other three were rotations.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...