#abjads — Public Fediverse posts

#TIL #TodayILearned the ABC’s of Abjads, known as consonantal alphabets. The ancient original writing systems where the symbols were consonants, leaving readers to supply the appropriate vowels. This is different from alphabets that include letters for both consonants and vowels, such as the Latin alphabet used for English.

In modern times, #abjads are still in use in various parts of the world, especially for #Semitic #languages. Here are some examples and contexts in which they are used:

I just noticed, he says #India - not #भारत - even though it's mostly not in #English

https://youtube.com/shorts/YLfj2Kn6Ysk

What's the other #language ?

I recognise chai and a couple of numbers, but those are in a few languages?

I switched my keyboard to write one word to avoid deciding which #Latin #vowels to use.

I think the reason I've learned 5 other #alphabets and #abjads is mostly to avoid Latin vowels as much as possible in the most pretentious way possible.

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