syllabary
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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
Bouabré became convinced they were the remains of an ancient writing system, and he wanted to use them as the basis for a new alphabet, or syllabary.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022
He published the syllabary in 1958, and made use of it in handwritten manuscripts both anthropological and spiritual.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022
The characters he created represented syllables rather than letter sounds, so it is called a syllabary rather than an alphabet.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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