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syllabary

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The characters of the syllabary were all arranged and named, and elaborate lists of them were drawn up.

The kana13 is a syllabary of forty-seven letters, which by diacritical marks, may be increased to seventy.

Though the syllabary is essentially of Sumerian origin there is much in it which is traceable to a Semitic source.

The pictorial origin of the syllabary has proved of important assistance in reading the texts.

The sign which represents this bird in the cuneiform syllabary also signifies 'fate.'

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to syllabary, such as: abcs, characters, elements, fundamentals, hieroglyphs, and ideograph.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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