Syllabary is an English word with synonyms like script. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Syllabary in a sentence
Syllabary meaning
- A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
- A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
Synonyms of Syllabary
Using Syllabary
- The main meaning on this page is: A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables. | A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
- Useful related words include: syllabic script, script.
- In the example corpus, syllabary often appears in combinations such as: syllabary and, hiragana syllabary, the syllabary.
Context around Syllabary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Syllabary
- In this selection, "syllabary" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hiragana, true, cherokee, nonetheless, character and originally stand out and add context to how "syllabary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a phoenician syllabary around 800 and a pure syllabary would require. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "syllabary" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and abdulai, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with syllabary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In addition, cuneiform was a syllabary writing system—i. (9 words)
Later, the syllabary and writings were widely adopted by the Cherokee people. (12 words)
A "pure" syllabary would require a separate glyph for every syllable in English. (13 words)
For example, the Vai syllabary originally had separate glyphs for syllables ending in a coda (doŋ), a long vowel (soo), or a diphthong (bai), though not enough glyphs to distinguish all CV combinations (some distinctions were ignored). (37 words)
Here is an example of the Chinese ruby characters for Beijing (" 北京 main"): In Taiwan, the syllabary used for Chinese ruby characters is Zhuyin fuhao (also known as Bopomofo); in mainland China pinyin is used. (35 words)
O disappeared and was replaced by U. In the course of its simplification, the redundant letters showed some tendency towards a syllabary : C, K and Q were predominantly used in the contexts CE, KA, QU. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Children learn each modification separately, as in a syllabary; nonetheless, the graphic similarities between syllables with the same consonant is readily apparent, unlike the case in a true syllabary.
The artist who created the sculpture was student Todd Martin, and he chose the Cherokee Syllabary character of “wi” to model his piece.
A "pure" syllabary would require a separate glyph for every syllable in English.
Because Japanese uses mainly CV (consonant + vowel) syllables, a syllabary is well suited to write the language.
Each card features a monster from Japanese mythology and a character from the hiragana syllabary.
Examples Here is an example of Japanese ruby characters (called furigana ) for Tokyo (" 東京 main"): Most furigana (Japanese ruby characters) are written with the hiragana syllabary, but katakana and romaji are also occasionally used.
For example, the Vai syllabary originally had separate glyphs for syllables ending in a coda (doŋ), a long vowel (soo), or a diphthong (bai), though not enough glyphs to distinguish all CV combinations (some distinctions were ignored).
Here is an example of the Chinese ruby characters for Beijing (" 北京 main"): In Taiwan, the syllabary used for Chinese ruby characters is Zhuyin fuhao (also known as Bopomofo); in mainland China pinyin is used.
In addition, cuneiform was a syllabary writing system—i.
In a true syllabary there may be graphic similarity between characters that share a common consonant or vowel sound, but it is not systematic or close to regular.
Later, the syllabary and writings were widely adopted by the Cherokee people.
O disappeared and was replaced by U. In the course of its simplification, the redundant letters showed some tendency towards a syllabary : C, K and Q were predominantly used in the contexts CE, KA, QU.
Representing the 47 syllables of the hiragana syllabary and adds kyo (京, "capital") for the 48th (since the syllable -n ん can never start any word or phrase).
The Canadian Aboriginal syllabics are also an abugida rather than a syllabary as their name would imply, since each glyph stands for a consonant that is modified by rotation to represent the following vowel.
The characters of the syllabary were all arranged and named, and elaborate lists of them were drawn up.
The Cherokee syllabary generally uses dummy vowels for coda consonants, but also has a segmental grapheme for /s/, which can be used both as a coda and in an initial /sC/ consonant cluster.
The former syllabary was aimed at remaining native speakers of Sauk; the more recent orthography was developed for native English speakers, as many Sauk grow up with English as their first language (Müller 1994).
The Greek script, adapted from a Phoenician syllabary around 800 BCE, made possible the notation of the complex rhythms and vowel clusters that make up hexameter verse.
The other songs with lyrics are the heavy metal opening theme, "Otherworld", sung in English by Bill Muir; and "Hymn of the Fayth", a recurring piece sung using Japanese syllabary.
They published a Primer Book in 1977, based on a "traditional" syllabary that existed in 1906.
Common combinations with syllabary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: