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1. Syllabary

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   The Null Vowel Convention: A specific sign, often derived from a common or phonetically simple syllable (e.g., the sign for /a/), is repurposed to denote the preceding consonant in isolation, known as a coda marker. This convention is linguistically counter-intuitive and a frequent source of historical error, leading to the erroneous belief that early syllabaries could express pure consonants effectively.
   The Vowel Deletion Hypothesis: In systems like early Linear A, it is theorized that when a written $\text{CV}$ sign follows another syllable sign, the…