syllabary

Also known as syllabarium, syllabic writing

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.

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A syllabary is a writing system made up of written symbols, where each symbol represents a syllable or mora (a unit of sound) rather than individual letters or sounds. This type of writing system is used in some languages around the world as an alternative way to represent the sounds that make up spoken words.

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Types
Languages using syllabaries
Difference from abugidas
Comparison to alphabets
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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.

A symbol in a syllabary, called a syllabogram, typically represents an (optional) consonant sound (simple onset) followed by a vowel sound (nucleus)—that is, a CV (consonant+vowel) or V syllable—but other phonographic mappings, such as CVC, CV- tone, and C (normally nasals at the end of syllables), are also found in syllabaries.

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