A syllabary is a phonetic writing system consisting of symbols representing syllables. A syllable is often made up of a consonant plus a vowel or a single vowel.
The illustration on the right shows a selection of symbols from the Cherokee (on the left) and Japanese Hiragana (on the right) syllabaries
![]() Cherokee (Tsalagi) |
![]() Hiragana (Japanese) |
![]() Katakana (Japanese) |
![]() Yi (Nosu) |
![]() Vai |
![]() Bamum |
![]() Dunging (Iban) |
![]() Afaka |
![]() Caroline Island Script |
![]() Celtiberian |
![]() Cypriot |
![]() Eskayan |
![]() Iberian |
![]() Kpelle |
![]() Loma |
![]() Mende (Kikakui) |
![]() Nüshu |
![]() Nwagụ Aneke |
![]() Yugtun |
transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are used extensively throughout this website. The IPA transcriptions are the letters and other symbols which appear in square bracketts, like this [b], [p]. etc.
You can learn about the IPA and phonetics at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/ipa-pronunciation-lessons.php
http://cmed.faculty.ku.edu/acdapres/rabeipa/index.html
https://linguischtick.wordpress.com/ipa/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBo5LAVYtX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2frVKeVTKU
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Page last modified: 24.03.22
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