Syllabification
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Abjads (scripts without vowels) by their very nature need to be more orderly and regimented than languages that include vowels from their inception.

The system of adding in the vowels (something that is done in the head, not on the stone) is based on grammatical rules, so that words that look identical can be distinguished by context (e.g., "book" and "writer").
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Syllabification - by Emma May Smith - 09-02-2016, 07:21 PM
RE: Syllabification - by ReneZ - 09-02-2016, 09:07 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Torsten - 09-02-2016, 11:49 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 12-02-2016, 06:10 AM
RE: Syllabification - by ReneZ - 12-02-2016, 10:01 AM
RE: Syllabification - by lelle - 03-03-2016, 08:33 PM
RE: Syllabification - by ReneZ - 04-03-2016, 02:12 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 12-02-2016, 11:58 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Emma May Smith - 12-02-2016, 06:38 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 12-02-2016, 08:10 PM
RE: Syllabification - by ReneZ - 12-02-2016, 07:01 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Emma May Smith - 12-02-2016, 08:02 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Diane - 13-02-2016, 02:28 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Torsten - 14-02-2016, 08:16 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 14-02-2016, 04:27 PM
RE: Syllabification - by -JKP- - 14-02-2016, 09:55 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Emma May Smith - 14-02-2016, 10:13 AM
RE: Syllabification - by ReneZ - 14-02-2016, 11:45 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Torsten - 14-02-2016, 09:19 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 07-03-2016, 12:04 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Emma May Smith - 07-03-2016, 01:57 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 08-03-2016, 02:39 PM
RE: Syllabification - by crezac - 12-03-2016, 10:02 PM
RE: Syllabification - by ReneZ - 07-03-2016, 02:00 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 08-03-2016, 07:32 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 08-03-2016, 09:26 PM
RE: Syllabification - by -JKP- - 09-03-2016, 02:26 AM
RE: Syllabification - by -JKP- - 14-04-2016, 11:26 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Helmut Winkler - 14-04-2016, 05:19 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 08-03-2016, 10:59 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 09-03-2016, 11:05 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 09-03-2016, 12:34 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 09-03-2016, 02:03 PM
RE: Syllabification - by davidjackson - 09-03-2016, 02:55 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 09-03-2016, 03:50 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Sam G - 09-03-2016, 06:15 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Emma May Smith - 09-03-2016, 05:00 PM
RE: Syllabification - by -JKP- - 09-03-2016, 07:28 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 09-03-2016, 09:36 PM
RE: Syllabification - by ReneZ - 10-03-2016, 03:35 AM
RE: Syllabification - by crezac - 13-04-2016, 11:06 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Diane - 14-04-2016, 08:12 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Koen G - 14-04-2016, 11:45 AM
RE: Syllabification - by -JKP- - 14-04-2016, 11:48 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Koen G - 14-04-2016, 12:05 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 14-04-2016, 02:05 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 14-04-2016, 06:49 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Helmut Winkler - 16-04-2016, 08:43 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Wladimir D - 15-04-2016, 05:28 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Davidsch - 15-04-2016, 01:54 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Diane - 16-04-2016, 09:31 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Helmut Winkler - 16-04-2016, 10:33 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 16-04-2016, 02:51 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Helmut Winkler - 16-04-2016, 03:28 PM
RE: Syllabification - by crezac - 17-04-2016, 11:40 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 16-04-2016, 04:45 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Helmut Winkler - 17-04-2016, 08:58 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 17-04-2016, 01:34 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Helmut Winkler - 17-04-2016, 02:24 PM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 18-04-2016, 12:00 AM
RE: Syllabification - by -JKP- - 18-04-2016, 03:50 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Helmut Winkler - 18-04-2016, 08:20 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Anton - 18-04-2016, 02:53 PM
RE: Syllabification - by -JKP- - 19-04-2016, 02:07 PM
RE: Syllabification - by crezac - 18-04-2016, 08:18 PM
RE: Syllabification - by ReneZ - 19-04-2016, 05:55 AM
RE: Syllabification - by Helmut Winkler - 19-04-2016, 08:00 AM

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