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==Types of alphabets==

==Types of alphabets==

In additional to full alphabets that use letters to indicate each vowel and consonant, two other types of alphabet are widely used.  One type is called an '''abjad''' or '''consonant alphabet''', in which the letters primarily or exclusively represent only consonants; the Hebrew alphabet is an example.<ref>[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/alphabetic.htm Abjads / Consonant Alphabets]</ref>  The other type is called an '''abugida''', '''alphasyllabary''', or '''syllabic alphabet'''.  In an abugida, each letter represents a consonant followed by an inherent vowel.  For a different vowel or no vowel, a [[diacritical mark]] is applied to the consonant letter.  Separate vowel letters are used to write vowel-initial words.  The major writing systems of [[India]] are abugidas.<ref>[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/syllabic.htm Syllabic alphabets / Alphasyllabaries / Abugidas]</ref>

In additional to full alphabets that use letters to indicate each vowel and consonant, two other types of alphabet are widely used.  One type is called an '''abjad''' or '''consonant alphabet''', in which the letters primarily or exclusively represent only consonants; the Hebrew alphabet is an example.<ref>[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/alphabetic.htm Abjads / Consonant Alphabets]</ref>  The other type is called an '''abugida''', '''alphasyllabary''', or '''syllabic alphabet'''.  In an abugida, each letter represents a consonant followed by an inherent vowel.  For a different vowel or no vowel, a [[diacritical mark]] is applied to the consonant letter.<ref>[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/syllabic.htm Syllabic alphabets / Alphasyllabaries / Abugidas]</ref> Separate vowel letters are used to write vowel-initial words; for example, in Tibetan, a letter represents the inherent vowel ''a'' (which may be thought of as a silent consonant plus the inherent vowel), and the other vowels are represented by the same diacritical marks used with consonant letters.<ref>[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tibetan.htm Tibetan alphabet]</ref> The major writing systems of [[India]] are abugidas.

== Latin Alphabets ==

== Latin Alphabets ==