NOUN | communication | syllabic script, syllabary | a writing system whose characters represent syllables |
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Meaning | A writing system whose characters represent syllables. | |
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Synonym | syllabary | |
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 |
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