syllabary

Noun

Meaning

A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples Here is an example of Japanese ruby characters (called furigana ) for Tokyo (" 東京 main"): Most furigana (Japanese ruby characters) are written with the hiragana syllabary, but katakana and romaji are also occasionally used. Source: Internet

A "pure" syllabary would require a separate glyph for every syllable in English. Source: Internet

Each card features a monster from Japanese mythology and a character from the hiragana syllabary. Source: Internet

For example, the Vai syllabary originally had separate glyphs for syllables ending in a coda (doŋ), a long vowel (soo), or a diphthong (bai), though not enough glyphs to distinguish all CV combinations (some distinctions were ignored). Source: Internet

Because Japanese uses mainly CV (consonant + vowel) syllables, a syllabary is well suited to write the language. Source: Internet

Children learn each modification separately, as in a syllabary; nonetheless, the graphic similarities between syllables with the same consonant is readily apparent, unlike the case in a true syllabary. Source: Internet

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