syllabary
noun
- set of written symbols that represent the syllables or moras which make up words
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/ / /ˈsɪləˌbɛɹi/
noun
Etymology: From New Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.
- A 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.”
“Bamum is a syllabary developed between 1896 and 1910, used for writing the Bamum language in western Cameroon.”