What Is a Syllabary Writing System?

In the linguistic study of written languages, a syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or moras which make up words.

What is a syllabary alphabet?

syllabary, a set of written symbols used to represent the syllables of the words of a language. Writing systems that use syllabaries wholly or in part include Japanese, Cherokee, the ancient Cretan scripts (Linear A and Linear B), and various Indic and cuneiform writing systems.

What is meant by syllabic writing?

A syllabic writing system is a writing system in which characters represent syllables and are combined to indicate morphemes. Most commonly, syllabic writing systems only allow vowel (V) or consonant-vowel (CV) syllable structure.