Writing Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Syllabaries=== A [[syllabary]] is a set of written symbols that represent [[syllable]]s,<ref name=":0" /> typically a consonant followed by a vowel, or just a vowel alone. In some scripts more complex syllables (such as consonant-vowel-consonant, or consonant-consonant-vowel) may have dedicated glyphs. Phonetically similar syllables are not written similarly.<ref name=":0" /> For instance, the syllable "ka" may look nothing like the syllable "ki", nor will syllables with the same vowels be similar.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} Syllabaries are best suited to languages with a relatively simple syllable structure, such as Japanese. Other languages that use syllabic writing include the [[Linear B]] script for [[Mycenaean Greek]]; [[Cherokee syllabary|Cherokee]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cushman|first=Ellen|date=2011|title=The Cherokee Syllabary: A Writing System in its Own Right|journal=Written Communication|volume=28|issue=3|pages=255β281|doi=10.1177/0741088311410172|s2cid=144180867}}</ref> [[Ndyuka language|Ndjuka]], an English-based [[creole language]] of [[Suriname]]; and the [[Vai language|Vai]] script of [[Liberia]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page