What is the difference between abugida and alphabet?
abugida | alphabet |
(linguistics) A writing system, similar to a syllabary, in which each symbol represents a consonant with a particular vowel. Some languages that use abugidas are Amharic, Hindi, Burmese, Cree and Ojibwe ((Canadian Aboriginal syllabics)). An abugida is a kind of syllabary in which the vowel is changed by modifying the base consonant symbol, so that all the forms that represent a given consonant plus each vowel resemble one another.
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes.
# A true alphabet, a writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and'' vowel phonemes.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
(India) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
* 2002 , Eugene E. Dike, African myth of creation in African form of writing , Monsenstein und Vannerdat, ISBN 3936600406, page 30:
* 2005 , Satinder Bal Gupta, Comprehensive Discrete Mathematics & Structures , Laxmi Publications, page 237:
The simplest rudiments; elements.
* Macaulay
As nouns the difference between abugida and alphabet
is that abugida is a writing system, similar to a syllabary, in which each symbol represents a consonant with a particular vowel. Some languages that use abugidas are Amharic, Hindi, Burmese, Cree and Ojibwe (Canadian Aboriginal syllabics). An abugida is a kind of syllabary in which the vowel is changed by modifying the base consonant symbol, so that all the forms that represent a given consonant plus each vowel resemble one another while alphabet is the set of letters used when writing in a language.As a verb alphabet is
to designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.abugida
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* abugidicSynonyms
* alphasyllabarySee also
* abjad * alphabet * syllabary * (wikipedia "abugida") ----alphabet
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.
- In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet .
- Let be a regular language over the alphabet .
- We realize the fact that the alphabet A has been used in many world scripts as a vowel with the others AEIOU.
- There are 26 alphabets in English.
- The very alphabet of our law.
