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Syllabaries

  • Afaka – Ndyuka
  • Alaska script – Central Yup’ik
  • Cherokee – Cherokee
  • Cypriot – Arcadocypriot Greek
  • Geba – Naxi
  • Kana – Japanese
    • Hiragana
    • Katakana
    • Man’yogana
  • Kikakui – Mende
  • Kpelle – Kpelle
  • Linear B – Mycenean Greek
  • Nü Shu – Chinese
  • Vai – Vai
  • Woleaian – Woleaian (probably a syllabary)
  • Yi (modern) – Assorted Yi/Lolo languages

Semi-syllabaries: Partly syllabic, partly alphabetic scripts

  • Paleohispanic semi-sillabaries – Paleohispanic languages
    • Tartessian or Southwestern script – Tartessian or Southwestern language
    • Southeastern Iberian script – Iberian language
    • Northeastern Iberian script – Iberian language
    • Celtiberian script – Celtiberian language
  • Old Persian Cuneiform – Old Persian
  • Zhuyin fuhao – phonetic script for Chinese languages, and principal script for several Formosan languages.
  • Eskayan – Bohol, Philippines (a syllabary apparently based on an alphabet; some alphabetic characteristics remain)
  • Bamum script – Bamum (a defective syllabary, with alphabetic principles used to fill the gaps)