D. 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

Cherokee (Tsalagi)	Cree (Nêhiyaw)	Eskayan
Hiragana (Japanese)	Inuktitut	Katakana (Japanese)
Naskapi (Innu Aimun)	Ojibwe (Anishinaabe)	Yi (Nosu)

Syllabaries used to a limited extent

Blackfoot (Siksika)	Carrier (Dulkw'ahke)	Nüshu
Vai

Syllabaries that are no longer used

Bamum	Caroline Island Script	Celtiberian
Cypriot	Iberian	Kpelle
Loma	Mende	Ndjuká/Afaka

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 which sounds are represented by these letters and symbols at:
http://www.unil.ch/ling/page30184.html
http://www.unil.ch/ling/page12580.html (en français)