KnowraAbjadLinked fromLinked fromThe 25 pages that link to Abjad, each with the reason it gives.All 25Broader topic 1Related 7Narrower topic 8Compared with 9Latin alphabetCompared with: An abjad organizes written sound differently from the Latin alphabet's usual representation of vowels and consonants.AlphabetCompared with: Unlike a full alphabet, it does not ordinarily give vowels equal status as basic signs.AbugidaCompared with: An abjad generally lacks the obligatory inherent vowel characteristic of an abugida.SyllabaryCompared with: Abjads omit many vowel distinctions that syllabaries encode explicitly.History of writingCompared with: Abjads contrast with alphabets in how they encode vowels.Phonemic orthographyCompared with: An abjad does not consistently write every phoneme, especially vowels.LogogramCompared with: An abjad encodes consonantal sounds, not lexical units as logograms do.Brahmic scriptsCompared with: It contrasts with Brahmic scripts’ routine representation of vowels through inherent vowels and marks.English alphabetCompared with: English normally writes vowels as letters, unlike typical abjad practice.