alphasyllabary

English

Etymology

From alpha- +‎ syllabary.

Noun

alphasyllabary (plural alphasyllabaries)

1. A segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit: each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary; an abugida.

Synonyms

• abugida
• avugida

Related terms

• alphasyllabic
• alphasyllabical
• alphasyllabically
• alphasyllable
• alphasyllabogram
• syllabary

Translations

an alphasyllabary

• French: alphasyllabaire (fr) m
• German: Alphasyllabar n
• Polish: abugida (pl) f
• Portuguese: alfassilabário (pt) m
• Spanish: alfasilabario m