Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. language-related concepts
5. [languages and writing systems]
6. [languages and writing systems by general type]
7. writing systems

Anotations

Scope note:

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.