13-01-2026, 05:26 PM
Quote:Few languages are written in a 100% phonetic alphabet. Some are close (Serbian, Croatian), some are far (English).
I agree.
What I presented was a simple version. Wikipedia says in a few first sentences:
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An alphabet is a writing system that uses a standard set of symbols, called letters, to more or less represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phonemes as the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from another in a given language. Not all writing systems represent language in this way: a syllabary assigns symbols to spoken syllables, while logographies assign symbols to words, morphemes, or other semantic units.
There are actually border cases like abugida: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
If "perfect" alphabet is one symbol = one phoneme and syllabary is not alphabet then abugida is something in-between.
So it may be actually more like a dimension and not a binary concept.

