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Syllabic Writing

a type of phonetic writing in which a marker (syllabeme) indicates the pronunciation of a sequence of consonant and vowel phonemes or of vowels alone, generally in open syllables. Strictly syllabic writing systems include the Cyprian syllabic system and a number of Ethiopian and Indian scripts: Kharosthi, Brahmi, and derivative systems such as those used in Tibet, Indochina, and Indonesia. Artificial syllabic writing systems have been created for Cherokee (North America), Vai (Liberia), and Mende (Sierra Leone).

Word-syllabic scripts (systems combining syllabic writing with words or pictographs) include Japanese, Old Korean, and Late Cuneiform (Akkadian, Hittite, and biblical script) and Lu-vian hieroglyphic script. Systems sometimes regarded as syllabic writing are Old Persian cuneiform, Proto-Semitic script, and some Egyptian hieroglyphics.

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Diringer, D. Alfavit. Moscow, 1963. (Translated from English.)
Cohen, M. L’Ecriture. Paris, 1953.
Friedrich, J. Geschichte der Schrift. Heidelberg, 1966.

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No references found	The four 7-5 syllable lines contain each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once, and express lamentation on the transitory and ephemeral nature of the visible world, which is a typical theme of the period. Mnemonic: "Try one, for I find ..." (3.1415) by Tanaka, Tomoyuki / Word Ways A fascinating chapter on the Cherokee language tells of the syllabary invented by Sequoyah, a gifted Cherokee. The Origin of The Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee by Lorraine, Nancy / MBR Bookwatch While this Hanunoo syllabary has survived to the present, at the time of Spanish contact a number of related scripts were in widespread use among coastal peoples throughout the Philippines, northward to Luzon, only to disappear soon afterwards, eclipsed, beginning in the 15th century, by the spread of European- and Arabic-based writing systems. Conklin, Harold C., 2007, Fine Description: Ethnographic and ... by Sather, Clifford / Borneo Research Bulletin	Sydney Sydney Chapman Sydney Mines Sydney Opera House Sydney, Algernon Sydney, Sir Philip Sydney, University of Sydow, Max Von Sydykbekov, Tugelbai Syene Syenite syenodiorite syenogabbro SYGMA Sygnak SyJet disk Sykes, Lynn Ray Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 Syktyvkar Syktyvkar, University of Sylacauga Sylhet SYLK SYLK file Sylla, Lucius Cornelius syllabary Syllabeme syllabic syllabic compandor Syllabic Verse Literature Syllabic Versification Syllabic Writing Syllable Syllabotonic Versification syllabub syllabus Syllabus of Errors Syllepsis Syllidae Syllinae Syllogism Syllogistic Sylonidae Sylopidae Sylow subgroup sylph Sylphon Sylt Sylva Sylva, Carmen sylvan	Sylabus Sylabus Sylabus Sylacauga Sylacauga, Alabama sylade Sylage Sylage Sylage SYLAW SYLB SYLD Syle SYLED SYLF SYLFF Sylg Sylhet Sylhet Gas Fields Limited Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital Sylhet, Bangladesh Syli Sylistria Sylk Sylk SYLK file Sylla, Lucius Cornelius syllabaries Syllabarium syllabary Syllabe Syllabeme syllabi syllabi syllabi syllabic syllabic Syllabic Abbreviation Syllabic abbreviations Syllabic abbreviations Syllabic abbreviations syllabic compandor Syllabic nasal syllabic script Syllabic Verse Literature Syllabic Versification Syllabic writing Syllabic writing Syllabic writing system syllabically syllabically syllabicate syllabicated syllabicates syllabicating syllabication syllabicity syllabicity Syllabics Syllabics

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The four 7-5 syllable lines contain each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once, and express lamentation on the transitory and ephemeral nature of the visible world, which is a typical theme of the period.

Mnemonic: "Try one, for I find ..." (3.1415) by Tanaka, Tomoyuki / Word Ways

A fascinating chapter on the Cherokee language tells of the syllabary invented by Sequoyah, a gifted Cherokee.

The Origin of The Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee by Lorraine, Nancy / MBR Bookwatch

While this Hanunoo syllabary has survived to the present, at the time of Spanish contact a number of related scripts were in widespread use among coastal peoples throughout the Philippines, northward to Luzon, only to disappear soon afterwards, eclipsed, beginning in the 15th century, by the spread of European- and Arabic-based writing systems.

Conklin, Harold C., 2007, Fine Description: Ethnographic and ... by Sather, Clifford / Borneo Research Bulletin

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