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TUS4 describes “featural syllabary” as a script
in which the symbols represent syllables, but (unlike non-featural syllabaries)
the syllabic symbols “are not atomic; they can be built up out of parts
that have a consistent relationship to the phonological parts of the syllable.” I’m not sure how well this works, but at least the
name can, I think, be improved upon: given that definition, perhaps “analytic
syllabary” (as opposed to a “fusional” syllabary) would be a
better label. Peter Constable |
