syllabary (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *syllabary*:
NOUN	communication	syllabary, syllabic script	a writing system whose characters represent syllables

English > *syllabary*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A writing system whose characters represent syllables.
Synonym	syllabic script
Instances	Linear B	A syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C.
Narrower	Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script	A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
Broader	script	A particular orthography or writing system
Spanish	escritura silábica, silabario
Catalan	escriptura sil·làbica, sil·labari
Adjectives	syllabic	consisting of or using a syllabary

HyperDic: syllabary