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This number suggests the script to be a syllabary, where each character was pronounced as a syllable, usually a consonant-plus-vowel combination. en.wikipedia.org

In a true syllabary there is no systematic graphic similarity between characters that share a common consonant or vowel sound. en.wikipedia.org

The characters of the syllabary were all arranged and named, and elaborate lists were drawn up. en.wikipedia.org

The characters of the syllabary were all arranged and named, and elaborate lists of them were drawn up. en.wikipedia.org

This demonstration convinced the leaders to let him teach the syllabary to a few more people. en.wikipedia.org

The syllabary is supposed to have been revealed to him in a dream, and to have been communicated to friends and tribal elders. en.wikipedia.org

As in telegraphy, the katakana syllabary is the one used to write down the messages as they are received. en.wikipedia.org

The syllabary also does not distinguish among syllables that end in vowels, "h," or glottal stop. en.wikipedia.org

A symbol in a syllabary typically represents a consonant sound followed by a vowel sound, or just a vowel alone. en.wikipedia.org

He had developed what linguists call a syllabary, a set of characters representing consonant-vowel combinations. en.wikipedia.org

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