On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:43:27 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote:
> Then when is the Hebrew script an alphabet, in your view? The Hebrew script for Hebrew is an alphabet when the niqqud are used, as in ordinary copies of the Old Testament, e.g. as in https://www.academic-bible.com/en/online-bibles/biblia-hebraica-stuttgartensia-bhs/read-the-bible-text/ . I don't feel that calling it an alphabet as opposed to an abjad is helpful, but by the definitions it's an alphabet. Yiddish has been described as using an alphabet, but that may not apply to all Yiddish orthographies. Richard.
