syllabary
a list or catalog of syllables.
a set of written symbols, each of which represents a syllable, used to write a given language: the Japanese syllabary.
Origin of syllabary
1Words Nearby syllabary
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How to use syllabary in a sentence
The characters of the syllabary were all arranged and named, and elaborate lists of them were drawn up.
The kana13 is a syllabary of forty-seven letters, which by diacritical marks, may be increased to seventy.
The Religions of Japan | William Elliot GriffisThough the syllabary is essentially of Sumerian origin there is much in it which is traceable to a Semitic source.
A Primer of Assyriology | Archibald Henry SayceThe pictorial origin of the syllabary has proved of important assistance in reading the texts.
A Primer of Assyriology | Archibald Henry SayceThe sign which represents this bird in the cuneiform syllabary also signifies 'fate.'
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria | Morris Jastrow
British Dictionary definitions for syllabary
/ (ˈsɪləbərɪ) /
a table or list of syllables
a set of symbols used in certain writing systems, such as one used for Japanese, in which each symbol represents a spoken syllable
Origin of syllabary
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