syllabary

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Mattel spokesperson Devin Tucker said the company is aware of the problem with the syllabary and is “discussing options.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2023

In the early 1800s Cherokee polymath Sequoyah invented the Cherokee syllabary of written characters.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

Each column has a letterpress piece with a Cherokee syllabary to spread awareness of the written language.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2022

Bouabré became convinced they were the remains of an ancient writing system, and he wanted to use them as the basis for a new alphabet, or syllabary.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

For the same reason, we can be sure that the Linear B syllabary of Mycenaean Greece had been adapted by around 1400 B.C. from the Linear A syllabary of Minoan Crete.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond