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Syllabary vs Signary - What's the difference?

syllabary | signary |

As nouns the difference between syllabary and signary

is that syllabary is (orthography) a table or list of syllabic letters or syllables while signary is the set of characters in a writing system: alphabet, syllabary, etc.

syllabary

English

Noun

(syllabaries)
  • (orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables
  • (orthography) A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable
    • It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.

    Related terms

    * syllable

    signary

    English

    Noun

    (signaries)
  • The set of characters in a writing system: alphabet, syllabary, etc.

    • Anagrams

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