Meaning of syllabary | Babel Free
/ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/Definitions
- A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
- A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Silbenschrift
Español
silabario
Français
syllabaire
日本語
音節文字
한국어
음절문자
Polski
sylabariusz
Português
silabário
Examples
“It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.”
“Bamum is a syllabary developed between 1896 and 1910, used for writing the Bamum language in western Cameroon.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.