alphasyllabary

English

Etymology

From alpha- +‎ syllabary.

Noun

alphasyllabary (plural alphasyllabaries)

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

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