syllabary

Definition

A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.

Etymology

From New Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.

Example Sentences

• "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."

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