Not all writing systems represent language in this way; in a syllabary, each character represents a syllable, and logographic systems use characters to represent words, morphemes, or other semantic units.
nˌɑːt ˈɔːl ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ sˈɪstəmz ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnt lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ɪn ðɪs wˈeɪ; ɪn ɐ sˈɪlɐbˌɛɹi, ˈiːtʃ kˈæɹɪktɚ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnts ɐ sˈɪləbəl, ænd lˌɑːɡəɡɹˈæfɪk sˈɪstəmz jˈuːs kˈæɹɪktɚz tə ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnt wˈɜːdz, mˈɔːɹfiːmz, ɔːɹ ˈʌðɚ səmˈæntɪk jˈuːnɪts.