Syriac Pe
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Syriac Pe is a letter of the Syriac alphabet, derived from earlier Semitic scripts, that represents the "p" and sometimes "f" sound in Syriac writing.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Syriac letter
ⓘ
abjad consonant ⓘ |
| belongsToAlphabetOf | Syriac language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | consonant letter ⓘ |
| correspondsToArabicLetter |
Arabic Baʼ (historical relation via Phoenician Pe)
ⓘ
Arabic Faʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsToHebrewLetter | Hebrew Pe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Aramaic Pe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phoenician Pe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directionOfWriting | right-to-left ⓘ |
| hasDiacriticVariant | Rukkakha form indicating /f/ ⓘ |
| hasFinalForm | ܦ ⓘ |
| hasInitialForm | ܦ ⓘ |
| hasIsolatedForm | ܦ ⓘ |
| hasMedialForm | ܦ ⓘ |
| hasNameInSyriac | ܦܐ ⓘ |
| hasPhoneticAllophony | /p/ ~ /f/ depending on diacritics and position ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalNameMeaning | mouth ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration |
f
ⓘ
p ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Northwest Semitic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numericValue | 80 ⓘ |
| positionInAlphabet | 17 ⓘ |
| representsPhoneme |
/f/
ⓘ
/p/ ⓘ |
| script | Syriac alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Semitic abjads ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock | Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByReligiousCommunities |
Assyrian Church of the East
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chaldean Catholics NERFINISHED ⓘ Maronites NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Syriac biblical manuscripts
ⓘ
Syriac liturgical texts ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abjad ⓘ |
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