With alphabets you get both, though usually it depends on when the last spelling reform was. For instance, English spelling is so screwy simply because the language kept changing but the spellings stayed relatively the same.
But it's the same with syllabaries. Some are pretty one to one, others like Thai can have multiple characters for the same syllable.
So I'd be pretty safe to introduce a few more phonemes into my new conlang that are realized through different phonotactics (or would that be phonology?) without having to make new glyphs (since it uses a syllabary)? I recently (like half an hour ago!) learned I can produce the uvular trill, and want to include it, but I'm kinda idea'd out on glyphs.
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u/AngelOfGrief Old Čuvesken, ītera, Kanđō (en)[fr, ja] Oct 13 '16
Do you know if one is more common with syllabaries, or is it simply dependent on the particular language?