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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Glagoljica
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In article <1995Jul10.172156.27566@relay.acadiau.ca>,
   alan@dragon.acadiau.ca (Alan McKay) wrote:
>Note that Glagolitic was not in any way based on the Greek alphabet.
>It was a totally different concoction.  Also, it was purely a phonetic
>alphabet (can't remember the technical term for that, but it isn't
>really called an "alphabet" as such).  Each phoneme in the language
>had it's own letter.

Hence the name: Glagolitik, Hlaholice, Glagolice, or whatever.
It must have been called that quite deliberately.

What would one call it in English?
'Speaking' or 'Sounding' script?

Paul JK.
