syllabaryn.
/ˈsɪləbəri/ A collection, set, system, list, or table of syllables. Also attributive.
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1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie To Innes of Court, sig. Av If any neuer so meere a Syllabery, or Christ crosse losell, haue clumperd vp (with the helpe of some rude and grosse Minerua) any worke, straightwaies it is meete for all to reade.
1654 J. Brooksbank Plain Rules Syllabication Eng. Words (title page) With Directions for the use of the English Syllabary, and the English Monosyllabary.
1840 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1838–40 1 121 The Japanese syllabary.
1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) i. 101 The Chinese writing has led to syllabaries among the Japanese, and to an alphabet among the Coreans.
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 149 The starling has a whole syllabary of his own, every note of which evidently has its meaning.
1883 A. H. Sayce Fresh Light from Anc. Monuments Introd. 12 The Persian cuneiform system must have consisted of an alphabet, and not of a syllabary.
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