syllabary

Mattel spokesperson Devin Tucker said the company is aware of the problem with the syllabary and is “discussing options.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

In the early 1800s Cherokee polymath Sequoyah invented the Cherokee syllabary of written characters.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2023

His use of written French reaffirms that Bouabré never conceived of his art, or indeed his Bété syllabary, as a private language.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022

Or, going back to the beginning of this chapter and Sequoyah’s syllabary, you may choose to take inspiration from something linguistic, an expression or a way of talking that is associated with your culture.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Linear B, the writing of Mycenaean Greece, was at least simpler, being based on a syllabary of about 90 signs plus logograms.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In addition, Japanese papers use flashy modern trappings such as airplanes, walkie-talkies and monotypes that can set some 2,200 Japanese syllabaries and Chinese ideographs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most such tailor-made systems modify existing alphabets, though some instead design syllabaries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Thus, the developmental sequence of uses for alphabetic writing was the reverse of that for the earlier systems of logograms and syllabaries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Some syllabaries persist today, the most important being the kana syllabary that the Japanese use for telegrams, bank statements, and texts for blind readers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

From syllabaries, we learn that he was a form of the sun-god, worshipped in the city of Kish in northern Babylonia, and it also appears that he was identified at one period with Ninib.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow