The number of characters in a syllabary can vary depending on the specific writing system. For example, the Japanese kana system has 46 basic characters for both hiragana and katakana. In contrast, the Cherokee syllabary contains 85 characters. Each syllabary is designed to represent the syllables of a particular language, so the total can differ widely among different systems.
Sequoyah developed the Cherokee syllabary in about 12 years, from 1809 to 1821. The syllabary consisted of 85 characters representing syllables in the Cherokee language.
Many other Asian countries use Chinese characters. One is Japan (although they have both a syllabary and an alphabet that they use too).
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Many other Asian countries use Chinese characters. One is Japan (although they have both a syllabary and an alphabet that they use too).
Kpelle syllabary was created in 1935.
In japan the writing system is comprised of three parts Kanji(漢字) Characters borrowed from the Chinese, Hiragana(ひらがな) a phonetic syllabary and Katakana(カタカナ) another phonetic syllabary.
A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or morass which make up words. A symbol in a syllabary, called a syllabogram, typically represents an consonant sound followed by a vowel sound.
Sushi is written in hiragana as すし. The characters represent the sounds "su" and "shi." Hiragana is a Japanese syllabary used for native Japanese words and grammatical elements.
Richard Treadwell Hallock has written: 'The Chicago syllabary and the Louvre syllabary AO 7661 ..' -- subject(s): Cuneiform writing
The syllabary used to write foreign words in Japanese is called Katakana (カタカナ or 片仮名).
The Japanese word for "hog" or "pig" is buta.In hiragana (Japanese syllabary), it looks like this: ぶたAnd in Kanji (Japanese words expressed in Chinese characters), like this: 豚
Syllabary is what the Cherokee call their alphabet.