| Nowhere is there any trace of a manual, syllabary, catechism or reader printed in the southern French medieval dialects. |
| Each kana, as these two systems are called, is a separate phonetic syllabary and each hiragana character has a corresponding katakana character. |
| Similarly, a syllabary or an alphabet would be quite useless for Chinese, a language with a staggering degree of homophony. |
| While disappointing for epigraphy fans, the find adds 101 characters to the Isthmian syllabary and should represent a step toward retrieving Olmec history. |
| One page was written in our syllabary, which is our alphabet, and the other page was written in English. |
| Whether the linear signs are a true alphabet or a syllabary we do not know. |
