Syllabary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Syllabary is a noun meaning (orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
Meaning
(orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
More Meanings
- (orthography) A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
Example Sentences
Bamum is a syllabary developed between 1896 and 1910, used for writing the Bamum language in western Cameroon.
It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.
Word Forms
- syllabaries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hiragana, katakana, syllabogram, syllabism, syllabification, syllabization.
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