syllabary

From Neo-Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪləˌbɛɹi/, /sɪˈlæbəɹi/

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syllabary (plural syllabaries)

1. (orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
2. (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.

   Hyponyms: alphasyllabary, abugida

• signary

• syllabogram

• syllable