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"We don't have very much material out there written in the syllabary, and it's needed," Junaluska said.

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  1. noun A list of syllables.
  2. noun A set of written characters for a language, each character representing a syllable.

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  • An Abugida marks all vowels as part of the consonantal grapheme - to the extent that each consonantally-related grapheme is distinct it approaches a true syllabary, but to the extent they are similar, it resembles a vocalized abjad.
  • Immediately thereafter he was discovered with her story book, spelling out its words by the aid of the syllabary or “caton” which he had propped up before him and was using as one does a dictionary in a foreign language. —  Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot
  • "Katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji ..." —  Digital Point Forums
  • Or that a Cherokee inventor created the first syllabary in modern times? —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • "We don't have very much material out there written in the syllabary, and it's needed," Junaluska said. —  CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News
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  1. New Latin syllabārium, from Latin syllaba, syllable; see syllable.

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  1. = French syllabaire, from New Latin syllabarium, from Latin syllaba, from Greek συλλαβή, a syllable: see syllable.
 

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