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Definition of Syllabary

1. Noun. A writing system whose characters represent syllables.

Definition of Syllabary

1. n. 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.

Definition of Syllabary

1. Noun. (orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables ¹

2. Noun. (orthography) A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable ¹

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Definition of Syllabary

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllabary

Literary usage of Syllabary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"On the1 Vei syllabary ' of Liberia, West Africa. By HYDE CLARKE, TPAI This syllabary had been discovered about 1840, by Lieut. Forbes, RN, and chronicled by ..."

2. Boas Anniversary Volume: Anthropological Papers Written in Honor of Franz by Berthold Laufer, H. A. Andrews (1906)
"AN ALGONQUIN syllabary. BY WILLIAM JONES. A CURSIVE style of writing by means ... The general appearance of the symbols of the syllabary is not very unlike ..."

3. The Hittites and Their Language by Claude Reignier Conder (1898)
"THE HITTITE syllabary. THE syllabary is considered first, without any reference to the inscriptions to be read. The values and sounds being established, ..."

4. Research in China by Eliot Blackwelder, Bailey Willis, Rufus Harvey Sargent, Friedrich Hirth, Charles Doolittle Walcott (1907)
"syllabary FOR THE TRANSCRIPTION OF CHINESE SOUNDS IN THE DIALECT OF PEKING ... The subjoined syllabary is mutatis mutandis identical with the "Tabelle fur ..."

5. Japan: Continuing the History to the Close of 1905, with the Provisions of by David Murray, Kentaro Kaneko, Albert White Vorse (1906)
"... he ho Dl nu DO DO chi tsu ka sbi ki BU ku a 01 te «e 9 h ' y 80 JAPANESE syllabary. ko written language by expressing it in symbols representing sounds. ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"James Evans (1840-1861), inventor of the Cree syllabary, which for half a century has been in successful use in the tribe for literary purposes by all ..."

7. Japan by David Murray (1906)
"... su ku X 01 ye me he ne to «6 ke o O y ro yo mo ho no to n so JAPANESE syllabary. ko written language by expressing it in symbols representing sounds. ..."

8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"On the1 Vei syllabary ' of Liberia, West Africa. By HYDE CLARKE, TPAI This syllabary had been discovered about 1840, by Lieut. Forbes, RN, and chronicled by ..."

9. Boas Anniversary Volume: Anthropological Papers Written in Honor of Franz by Berthold Laufer, H. A. Andrews (1906)
"AN ALGONQUIN syllabary. BY WILLIAM JONES. A CURSIVE style of writing by means ... The general appearance of the symbols of the syllabary is not very unlike ..."

10. The Hittites and Their Language by Claude Reignier Conder (1898)
"THE HITTITE syllabary. THE syllabary is considered first, without any reference to the inscriptions to be read. The values and sounds being established, ..."

11. Research in China by Eliot Blackwelder, Bailey Willis, Rufus Harvey Sargent, Friedrich Hirth, Charles Doolittle Walcott (1907)
"syllabary FOR THE TRANSCRIPTION OF CHINESE SOUNDS IN THE DIALECT OF PEKING ... The subjoined syllabary is mutatis mutandis identical with the "Tabelle fur ..."

12. Japan: Continuing the History to the Close of 1905, with the Provisions of by David Murray, Kentaro Kaneko, Albert White Vorse (1906)
"... he ho Dl nu DO DO chi tsu ka sbi ki BU ku a 01 te «e 9 h ' y 80 JAPANESE syllabary. ko written language by expressing it in symbols representing sounds. ..."

13. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"James Evans (1840-1861), inventor of the Cree syllabary, which for half a century has been in successful use in the tribe for literary purposes by all ..."

14. Japan by David Murray (1906)
"... su ku X 01 ye me he ne to «6 ke o O y ro yo mo ho no to n so JAPANESE syllabary. ko written language by expressing it in symbols representing sounds. ..."

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