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Amharic vs Abugida - What's the difference?

amharic | abugida |

amharic

English

(wikipedia Amharic)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia.

    • Synonyms

    * (language) Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Ethiopian

    See also

    * (am) * (Amharic language) * *

    Anagrams

    *

    abugida

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * abugidic

    Synonyms

    * alphasyllabary

    See also

    * abjad * alphabet * syllabary * (wikipedia "abugida") ----