At 00:36 +0200 2001-10-12, Lars Marius Garshol wrote: > 1. Hangul is a featural script, which is means a script where > the shapes of the basic symbols are organized by phonetic > principles.
Yes. > 2. Hangul is a featural script, and featural scripts are a subclass > of alphabets, distinguished by the fact that the shapes of the > basic symbols are organized by phonetic principles. Ethiopic and Canadian Syllabics and Tengwar are featural. > 3. The whole idea of the type of featural scripts is bogus and > invented only to deal with the troublesome Hangul, who are > clearly unlike any other known script. Jamo is an alphabet, and > that's all there is to it. > >So, which is it? To me 2. seems like the answer, but I am certainly >open to argument. It's an alphabet which happens to be featural with regard to its glyphs. >http://gurpsnet.sjgames.com/Archive/AdsDisSkills/Languages/languages.writing > > >describes Pahawh Hmong as featural, though I am not sure how well >justified that claim is. Not at all, in my view. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com 15 Port Chaeimhghein �ochtarach; Baile �tha Cliath 2; �ire/Ireland Telephone +353 86 807 9169 *** Fax +353 1 478 2597 (by arrangement)
