[split] (lack of) scribal mistakes / corrections

[Koen G]

I don't like it when people nit-pick about terminology, but in this case there is cause for confusion so I'll complain 

One of the properties of a language that can be used for classification is where it falls on the synthetic vs. analytical spectrum. Synthetic languages put a lot of grammar inside of the word, instead of chopping them up.

Latin is more synthetic than English, since English needs more little words to say the same thing. Rosarum - of the roses. Vidi - I saw....

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So a synthetic abjad is a language that's written with omission of vowels, and with lots of meaning that goes inside the main word. It probably uses cases, extensive conjugation, no personal pronouns etc.

Interestingly, most European languages have seen a gradual decline in syntheticness over the centuries.