Syllabaries
A syllabary is a phonetic writing system consisting of symbols representing
syllables. A syllable is often made up of a consonant plus a vowel or
a single vowel.
The illustration on the right shows a selection of symbols from Japanese Hiragana,
and Inuktitut. In Hiragana each syllable is represented by a separate symbol.
In Inuktitut the orientation of the symbols is used indicate different vowels,
and the small symbol is used to write syllable final consonants, as in
Inuktitut.
Syllabaries currently in use
Syllabaries used to a limited extent
Syllabaries that are no longer used
Please note
transcriptions in the International
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are used extensively throughout this website.
The IPA transcriptions are the letters and other symbols which appear
in square bracketts, like this [b], [p]. etc.
You can learn about the IPA and phonetics at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/ipa-pronunciation-lessons.php
http://cmed.faculty.ku.edu/acdapres/rabeipa/index.html
https://linguischtick.wordpress.com/ipa/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBo5LAVYtX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2frVKeVTKU
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