Re: Derivation of Term Abugida

Peter T. Daniels wrote:

       The Northwest Semitic alphabetical order being: alpeh beth
gimel daleth?  OK.  Does that mean that it really should be
"abgad"?

Hebrew doesn't need such a word; abjad is Arabic.

OK. One more thing. How do you pronounce abjad and abugida in English? I say ab'jad and abugi'da.

Dennis
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