Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels.
The system of abjad numerals; a numeral system in which the letters of the Arabic abjad are interpreted as numerals, typically used to enumerate lists and nested lists, as well as in numerology.
From Arabic أبجد, the term for the traditional ordering of the Arabic script (from the first four letters: أ, ب, ج, د). Compare English ABC and alphabet.
Linguistics sense coined by Peter T. Daniels.
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