English words for 'The abugida script used only to write that language.'
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- An ancient consonantal script (abjad), found in a small corpus of about 40 inscriptions and fragments dating to the Middle Bronze Age, the vast majority from Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It was written by speakers of a Semitic language or languages, possibly Canaanite, who repurposed Egyptian hieroglyphs to write Semitic consonants. It is considered the earliest trace of alphabetic writing and the common ancestor of both the Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet.
- (collective term): Referring to several early consonantal scripts (abjads) used in Egypt and the Levant during the Bronze Age adapted from Egyptian hieroglyphs using acrophonic spelling to write a Semitic language or languages, possibly Canaanite. Considered collectively as early traces of alphabetic writing and as evidence for a common ancestor of the Phoenician and Ancient South Arabian scripts.
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- (chiefly of abjad script) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
- (Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
- (orthography, of a script) Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
- (grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
- Having one or more defects.
- not working properly
- having a defect
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
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- The Algonquian language spoken by these tribes; the Miami-Illinois language.
- A river in Oklahoma, United States that flows from the Ozarks into the Arkansas River.
- A township in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
- A confederation of Algonquian tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.
- A river in Oregon, United States that flows from the southwestern corner of the state into the Rogue River.
- A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
- Ellipsis of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
- A township in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.
- A river in Colorado, United States that flows from the Never Summer Mountains in the Rockies into the Michigan River.
- A river in the United States that flows from Grundy County, Illinois, into the Mississippi River.
- A state of the United States, named for the people.
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- (chiefly of abjad script) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
- (Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
- (orthography, of a script) Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
- (grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
- Having one or more defects.
- not working properly
- having a defect
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
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- An ancient consonantal script (abjad), found in a small corpus of about 40 inscriptions and fragments dating to the Middle Bronze Age, the vast majority from Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It was written by speakers of a Semitic language or languages, possibly Canaanite, who repurposed Egyptian hieroglyphs to write Semitic consonants. It is considered the earliest trace of alphabetic writing and the common ancestor of both the Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet.
- (collective term): Referring to several early consonantal scripts (abjads) used in Egypt and the Levant during the Bronze Age adapted from Egyptian hieroglyphs using acrophonic spelling to write a Semitic language or languages, possibly Canaanite. Considered collectively as early traces of alphabetic writing and as evidence for a common ancestor of the Phoenician and Ancient South Arabian scripts.