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The 15 pages that link to Syllabary, each with the reason it gives.

• CuneiformNarrower topic: Many cuneiform signs functioned as syllables within a mixed writing system.

• Chinese charactersCompared with: Characters and syllabaries differ in what their basic signs encode, though Japanese uses both.

• Writing systemBroader topic: Syllabaries map signs to larger sound units than phoneme-based systems do.

• AbjadCompared with: A syllabary encodes whole syllables rather than primarily representing consonants.

• Latin alphabetCompared with: Syllabaries use a different basic unit of writing from the Latin alphabet.

• AlphabetCompared with: It groups sounds into syllables instead of representing alphabetic sound units separately.

• AbugidaCompared with: An abugida modifies consonant-centered signs systematically, rather than assigning an unrelated sign to each syllable.

• GraphemeRelated: In syllabaries, graphemes commonly encode syllables rather than individual phonemes.

• Man'yōganaRelated: Man'yōgana characters could function as signs for Japanese syllables.

• History of writingRelated: Syllabic scripts show one way writing can represent speech sounds.

• Maya scriptRelated: Maya syllabic signs could spell words phonetically, including alongside logograms.

• Phonemic orthographyCompared with: Its symbols map to larger sound units than the phoneme.

• Linear ANarrower topic: Many Linear A signs have syllabic values, inferred chiefly through comparison with Linear B.

• LogogramCompared with: Syllabic signs encode spoken units rather than words or morphemes.

• Brahmic scriptsCompared with: Its symbols encode syllables as units instead of building them through an abugida’s consonant-based structure.