Noun, : the Japanese syllabary. From Dictionary.com.
The point is, if you say a script is a "syllabary" that suggests one character per syllable, and if you look at kana, you don't get that. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LEPCHA [MORA].] Reference
The syllabary of Cyprus was a character derived from these. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
Yet, even in those days, the Babylonian syllabary continued to be. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Or that a Cherokee inventor created the first syllabary in modern times?. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Biggers: Diane Sawyer: You Should Watch Tonight's Big PBS Series on Why Appalachian Mountains Matter] Reference
"No, no, let's use a modified Cherokee syllabary, with elements of Tibetan!". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: BIKINI.] Reference
The invention of an alphabet, as opposed to a syllabary, unknown to Babylonia, to. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
She dropped the syllabary onto the larger of the two piles and picked up Hogwarts, A History. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows]
In the case of Japanese, note the irregular t-series of their syllabary: ta, chi, tsu, te, to. From Wordnik.com. [Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'] Reference
Egypt, just as Doalu, the inventor of the Sei syllabary, is known to have seen European writing. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Far Outliers recently posted some observations about the design of the Hawaiian kanji syllabary. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaiian Kanji] Reference
The children recited a verse of poetry which I understood contained the whole of the simple syllabary. From Wordnik.com. [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference
The characters of the syllabary were all arranged and named, and elaborate lists of them were drawn up. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Cherokee culture continued to flourish with the invention of the Cherokee syllabary by Sequoyah in 1821. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
Nonetheless, this possibility should not bias a diligent analysis of the Minoan syllabary so let's proceed. From Wordnik.com. [A new value for Minoan 'd'] Reference
However, I'm not sure I would encourage teaching it to students who don't already master a syllabary script. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: SHIH SHIH.] Reference
I personally think イルカー (irukaa) would be a closer pronunciation of "Ilker" using Japanese syllabary. From Wordnik.com. [Your Name in 5 Different Scripts] Reference
This explains why when the cuneiform syllabary was borrowed from Semitic, the Semitic voicing oppositions e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Bronze Age Areal influence in Anatolia and Etruscan] Reference
The Cherokee take particular pride in their past, including the alphabet, or syllabary, Sequoyah developed in 1821. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Teams Up To Use iPhone To Save Cherokee Language] Reference
Semitic times this involved a knowledge of the extinct Sumerian as well as of a most complicated and extensive syllabary. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Also at this time, the Cherokee Sequoyah had invented a syllabary or "alphabet" for his language so that it could be written. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
I was diligent, for Aghazal had promised that if I learned my syllabary quickly, she would give me the Odes and Epics to read. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
He compared the use of Cherokee on Apple devices to Sequoyah's creation of the syllabary and the tribe's purchase of the printing press. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Teams Up To Use iPhone To Save Cherokee Language] Reference
Note that Second Life is rendered in Japanese as セカンドライフ, a transliteration into the katakana syllabary of the English name. From Wordnik.com. [No What Japan Thinks No Life] Reference
Some years ago I had a dispute with a very reputable linguist on the question of whether Korean orthography was a syllabary or an alphabet. From Wordnik.com. [Crossword puzzle | Linguism] Reference
The cuneiform syllabary is largely Semitic in character. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Abugida, named after the Abugida syllabary of the Ge'ez language. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Facebook helps customers connect through technology] Reference
Of the same general character is the equation in another syllabary. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic] Reference
By way of further confirmation we have in the syllabary above referred to, CT, XVIII. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic] Reference
Sequoya, or Sequoyah, was a Native North American leader, who developed Cherokee syllabary. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A brief analysis of speech sounds will aid us in understanding the real nature of the syllabary. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science] Reference
In 2001, Teddy released his debut album, Abugida, named after the Abugida syllabary of the Ge'ez language. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Facebook helps customers connect through technology] Reference
It was probably at the court of Sargon of Akkad that what we may term the final revision of the syllabary took place. From Wordnik.com. [Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs] Reference
There also exists in Japan a syllabary alphabet of forty-seven characters, used at present as an auxiliary to the Chinese. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities] Reference
A name only found in a syllabary, and assigned to the sun-god, from which it would seem that it is a form of the Egyptian Ammon. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Those who cling to the theory of a non-Semitic origin of the cuneiform syllabary will, of course, be ready to answer in the affirmative. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
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