At 23:23 -0500 2001-10-13, Peter_Constable@sil.org wrote:
> >Ethiopic and Canadian Syllabics and Tengwar are featural.
>
>I have never heard anyone suggest any script other than Hangul to be
>featural. Please explain.
The little tails on Ethiopic relate in a regular way to the sounds
they denote. The rotation of Canadian Syllabics characters relates in
a regular way to the sounds they denote. The adding of height or
depth to the telco and the doubling or inversion of the lúvo in
Tengwar relate in a regular way to the sounds they denote.
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