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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">alphasyllabaries</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>writing systems</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>abugida</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>abugidas</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>alpha-syllabaries</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>alphasyllabary</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>alphasyllabic</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Writing systems in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as a unit: each unit comprises a consonant letter with a secondary vowel notation. Examples of alphasyllabaries are the Brahmic scripts of South and Southeast Asia. ]]></note></mads>