Syllabary writing systems

is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji (Chinese characters).

In the linguistic study of written languages, a syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or (more frequently) morae which make up words.

ancient syllabary for Mycenaean Greek used ca. 1400 BCE – 1200 BCE

undeciphered writing system from Crete

writing system invented by Sequoyah for the Cherokee language

Cypriot syllabary writing system

Nüshu (; ; ; ) is a syllabic script derived from Chinese characters that was used by ethnic Yao women for several centuries in Jiangyong, a county within the southern Chinese province of Hunan. From the early 21st century there have been official efforts to revitalise the script, as well as indications of renewed interest among the wider public.

script used to write Yi people's language

writing system constructed in the 1830s for the Vai language in Liberia

syllabary script, undeciphered, used on the island of Cyprus during the late Bronze Age (ca. 1550–1050 BCE)

unicameral cuneiform semi-syllabary used to write the Old Persian language

undeciphered writing system

syllabary

a Korean language writing system

syllabary writing system (right-to-left)

writing system from Elam

syllabic writing system, also called “shümom”, developed among the Bamoun people in Cameroon

writing system for some Southern Bantu languages

syllabic script for the Naxi language

250px|thumb|A northeastern Iberian script|northeastern non-dual Iberian semi-syllabary A semi-syllabary is a writing system that behaves partly as an alphabet and partly as a syllabary. The main group of semi-syllabic writing are the Paleohispanic scripts of ancient Spain, a group of semi-syllabaries that transform redundant plosive consonants of the Phoenician alphabet into syllabograms.

semi-syllabary script for the Iban language

syllabary writing system

syllabary

historical script used for writing the Woleaian language