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An abugida (/ ˌ ɑː b uː ˈ ɡ iː d ə, ˌ æ b-/ ⓘ; [1] from Geʽez: አቡጊዳ, 'äbugīda) – sometimes also called alphasyllabary, neosyllabary, or pseudo-alphabet – is a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as units; each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary, similar to a diacritical mark.
The Tamil script (தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி Tamiḻ ariccuvaṭi [tamiɻ ˈaɾitːɕuʋaɽi]) is an abugida script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and elsewhere to write the Tamil language. [5]
Here, the word meaning "embassy", which should be spelt สถานทูต, is misspelt สถานฑูต [sic] with tho montho instead of the correct tho thahan. These two letters look similar for untrained eyes and share the same class. There is a fairly complex relationship between spelling and sound. There are various issues:
Tamil does not have an equivalent for the existential verb to be; it is included in the translations only to convey the meaning. The negative existential verb, to be not , however, does exist in the form of illai (இல்லை) and goes at the end of the sentence (and does not change with number, gender, or tense).
Was widely used by Tamil speakers for Sanskrit and the classical language Manipravalam. Gran U+11300–U+1137F 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥 Gujarati: Nagari: 17th century Gujarati language, Kutchi language: Gujr U+0A80–U+0AFF ગુજરાતી લિપિ: Gunjala Gondi: uncertain: 16th century Used for writing the Adilabad dialect of the ...
The script is an abugida, meaning ... It also shows influence of the northern and western Javanese script forms based on the Pallava Grantha script found in Tamil ...
Siddhaṃ (also Siddhāṃ [7]), also known in its later evolved form as Siddhamātṛkā, [8] is a medieval Brahmic abugida, derived from the Gupta script and ancestral to the Nāgarī, Eastern Nagari, Tirhuta, Odia and Nepalese scripts. [9] The word Siddhaṃ means "accomplished" or "perfected" in Sanskrit.
The Soyombo script (Mongolian: Соёмбо бичиг, 𑪁𑩖𑩻𑩖𑪌𑩰𑩖 𑩰𑩑𑩢𑩑𑪊 , romanized: self-created holy letters) is an abugida developed by the monk and scholar Zanabazar in 1686 to write Mongolian. It can also be used to write Tibetan and Sanskrit.