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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1472747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Syriac alphabet Context triple: [Aramaic alphabet, relatedTo, Syriac alphabet]
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East Syriac script
East Syriac script is a cursive Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language in Eastern Christian traditions, notably by the Assyrian Church of the East and related communities.
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B.
Mandaic alphabet
The Mandaic alphabet is a distinctive script used primarily by the Mandaean religious community to write the Mandaic language, a dialect of Eastern Aramaic.
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C.
Palmyrene alphabet
The Palmyrene alphabet is an ancient Aramaic-derived script used in the city of Palmyra in Roman Syria for inscriptions and documents between roughly the 1st century BCE and the 3rd century CE.
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D.
Nabataean alphabet
The Nabataean alphabet is an ancient Northwest Semitic script used by the Nabataean kingdom, which evolved from the Phoenician writing system and later gave rise to the early Arabic script.
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E.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Syriac alphabet Target entity description: The Syriac alphabet is a historical Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language and Christian liturgical texts, derived from earlier Aramaic scripts.
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A.
East Syriac script
East Syriac script is a cursive Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language in Eastern Christian traditions, notably by the Assyrian Church of the East and related communities.
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B.
Mandaic alphabet
The Mandaic alphabet is a distinctive script used primarily by the Mandaean religious community to write the Mandaic language, a dialect of Eastern Aramaic.
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C.
Palmyrene alphabet
The Palmyrene alphabet is an ancient Aramaic-derived script used in the city of Palmyra in Roman Syria for inscriptions and documents between roughly the 1st century BCE and the 3rd century CE.
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D.
Nabataean alphabet
The Nabataean alphabet is an ancient Northwest Semitic script used by the Nabataean kingdom, which evolved from the Phoenician writing system and later gave rise to the early Arabic script.
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E.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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surface form:
Syriac language
|
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Subject: Syriac alphabet Description of subject: The Syriac alphabet is a historical Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language and Christian liturgical texts, derived from earlier Aramaic scripts.
Referenced by (53)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.