Syriac alphabet

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The Syriac alphabet is a historical Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language and Christian liturgical texts, derived from earlier Aramaic scripts.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Syriac script 31
Syriac alphabet canonical 21
Syriac Alaph 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic script
abjad
historical writing system
associatedWithLiturgicalLanguage Syriac
surface form: Classical Syriac
associatedWithReligion Christianity
derivedFrom Aramaic alphabet
direction right-to-left
hasDiacriticsFor gemination
syllable division
vowels
hasNumberOfLetters 22
hasVariant East Syriac script
Estrangela script
Serto script
West Syriac script
influenced Garshuni writing
Mandaic alphabet
Manichaean script
Old Uyghur alphabet
Perso-Arabic script traditions
Sogdian alphabet
ISO15924Code Syrc
regionOfUse Levant region
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia
Upper Mesopotamia
relatedTo Arabic alphabet
Hebrew alphabet
Phoenician alphabet
scriptFamily Aramaic alphabet (historically)
surface form: Aramaic alphabet
timePeriodOfUse 1st millennium CE
Late Antiquity
Middle Ages
type consonant-based script
unicodeBlock Syriac
usedByCommunity Assyrians
surface form: Assyrian people

Chaldean Catholic Church
Chaldeans
surface form: Chaldean people

Assyrian Church of the East
surface form: Church of the East

Maronite Christianity
surface form: Maronite Church

Maronite Christianity
surface form: Maronites

Syriac Catholic Church
Syriacs
surface form: Syriac Christians

Syriac Orthodox Church
usedFor Christian liturgical texts
Syriac Churches
surface form: Syriac Christianity

biblical manuscripts
hymnography
philosophical texts
scientific texts
theological literature
writingDirection horizontal
writingSystemOf Syriac
surface form: Syriac language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aramaic alphabet (historically) relatedTo Syriac alphabet
subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Phoenician language ancestorOf Syriac alphabet
Syriac Orthodox Church usesAlphabet Syriac alphabet
East Syriac script scriptFamily Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
East Syriac script parentSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Sūrāyē scriptTraditionallyUsed Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Āṯūrāyē scriptUsed Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic writingSystem Syriac alphabet
Estrangela script subclassOf Syriac alphabet
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic usesAlphabet Syriac alphabet
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church primaryScript Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Aleph relatedLetter Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac Alaph
Chaldean Catholic Church usesScript Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Classical Mongolian script indirectAncestorScript Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Turoyo writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Wikipedia puzzle globe hasWritingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Old Turkic language writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
St. Thomas Christians usesScript Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Eastern Aramaic writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Neo-Aramaic languages writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Sogdian alphabet derivedFrom Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Manichaean script derivedFrom Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Manichaean script relatedScript Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Imperial Aramaic scriptAncestorOf Syriac alphabet
Old Uyghur alphabet relatedTo Syriac alphabet
Old Uyghur alphabet scriptLineage Syriac alphabet
Palmyrene alphabet relatedTo Syriac alphabet
Mandaic alphabet relatedScript Syriac alphabet
Palestinian Aramaic dialects writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Syriacs writingSystem Syriac alphabet
Sogdian language writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Syriac Churches hasPrimaryScript Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Swadaya scriptVariant Syriac alphabet
Commentary on the Diatessaron originalScript Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Urmia dialect writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Urmia dialect writingSystem Syriac alphabet
Salamas dialect writingSystem Syriac alphabet
Nochiya dialect writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Nochiya dialect writingSystem Syriac alphabet
Gawar dialect writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Gawar dialect writingSystem Syriac alphabet
Suret writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Sureth writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
West Syriac script scriptFamily Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Barwar dialect writingSystem Syriac alphabet
Orhay writingSystem Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Serto script subclassOf Syriac alphabet
Serto script scriptFamily Syriac alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Madnhaya script scriptFamily Syriac alphabet