Syllabary (Noun)
Meaning
A writing system whose characters represent syllables.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Cherokee syllabary, developed by Sequoyah in the early 19th century, consists of 85 characters that represent the syllables of the Cherokee language.
- A writing system consisting of a syllabary, where each character represents a distinct syllable, is often used for languages with simple phonology.
- In a syllabary, each character represents a combination of a consonant and vowel, or a consonant-vowel-consonant sequence.
- Japanese Kana is an example of a syllabary used to write Japanese phonetic scripts.
- Using the Cherokee syllabary to teach children the Cherokee language has proven to be effective in language revitalization efforts.