At 00:36 +0200 2001-10-12, Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
> 1. Hangul is a featural script, which is means a script where
> the shapes of the basic symbols are organized by phonetic
> principles.
Yes.
> 2. Hangul is a featural script, and featural scripts are a subclass
> of alphabets, distinguished by the fact that the shapes of the
> basic symbols are organized by phonetic principles.
Ethiopic and Canadian Syllabics and Tengwar are featural.
> 3. The whole idea of the type of featural scripts is bogus and
> invented only to deal with the troublesome Hangul, who are
> clearly unlike any other known script. Jamo is an alphabet, and
> that's all there is to it.
>
>So, which is it? To me 2. seems like the answer, but I am certainly
>open to argument.
It's an alphabet which happens to be featural with regard to its glyphs.
>http://gurpsnet.sjgames.com/Archive/AdsDisSkills/Languages/languages.writing >
>
>describes Pahawh Hmong as featural, though I am not sure how well
>justified that claim is.
Not at all, in my view.
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