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by cuteboy19 1548 days ago
devanagari is not meant for such puzzles
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In what way is it not meant for puzzles, as opposed to English?
The Latin Alphabet treats vovels and consonants equally, whereas alphasyllabaries treat vovels differently. It's much easier to construct letter games if all the letters are more or less the same. Add to that the complexity that ligatures bring. Plus the number 9f letters should be small so that games like scrabble are more reasonable