ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli, ɪt pɹˈɑːbəbli wʌzɐ sˈɪlɐbˌɛɹi—ɐ skɹˈɪpt wˌɛɹ sˈɪləbəlz ɑːɹ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd wɪð kˈæɹɪktɚz—wɪð sˈɪmbəlz ðæt wɜː nˌɑːt nˈiːdᵻd bˌiːɪŋ ɹᵻmˈuːvd.
Originally, it probably was a syllabary—a script where syllables are represented with characters—with symbols that were not needed being removed.