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syllabary

DEFINITIONS OF: syllabary

1

n a writing system whose characters represent syllables

Synonyms:
syllabic script
Examples:
Linear B
a syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C.
Types:
Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script
a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
Type of:
script
a particular orthography or writing system
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