syllabary meaning

Definition of syllabary

1. a writing system whose characters represent syllables

   Synonyms: syllabic script

   Type of: script

   Kinds: Devanagari, Linear B

syllabary in a sentence

• Technically hiragana is a syllabary, not an alphabet.
• Sequoyah started making the Cherokee syllabary around 1809.
• Cherokee is a language written with a syllabary.
• The names are in Japanese syllabary order.
• Katakana and hiragana are syllabaries in Japanese.