abugida

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|plain}} {{lb|en|linguistics}} A kind of [[syllabary]] (syllabic [[alphabet]]) in which a [[symbol]] or [[glyph]] representing a [[syllable]] contains parts representing a [[vowel]] and a [[consonant]], such that symbols for syllables not including the default vowel are generated by adding a common notation to indicate the vowel that it does include.
2. {{senseid|en|diacritic}} {{lb|en|linguistics}} A kind of [[syllabary]] (syllabic [[alphabet]]) in which a [[symbol]] or [[glyph]] representing a [[syllable]] contains parts representing a [[vowel]] and a [[consonant]], typically such that symbols for different syllables are generated by adding, altering or removing the vowel portion, often by applying a [[diacritic]] to a stable consonant symbol.

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