syllabary
A table or list of syllabic letters or syllablesA table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
» Technically hiragana is a syllabary, not an alphabet.
Строго говоря, хирагана — это силлабарий, а не алфавит.
Meaning
2 sensesA table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.
Silbenschrift
слогова́я а́збукаslogovája ázbuka, слогово́е письмо́slogovóje pisʹmó, слогова́я пи́сьменностьslogovája písʹmennostʹ
a writing system whose characters represent syllables
Examples
9 sentencesTechnically hiragana is a syllabary, not an alphabet.
ruСтрого говоря, хирагана — это силлабарий, а не алфавит.
Cherokee is a language written with a syllabary.
Some languages use syllabaries.
Katakana is a syllabary.
deKatakana ist eine Silbenschrift.
Hiragana is a syllabary.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From New Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.From New Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.
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Forms
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- a writing system whose characters represent syllables:syllabic script