West Syriac script

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Syriac script variant writing system

West Syriac script is a cursive writing system used primarily for the West Syriac tradition of the Syriac language, especially in liturgical and religious texts of certain Eastern Christian churches.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
West Syriac script canonical	3
West Syriac dialect of Classical Syriac	1
Western Syriac script	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Syriac script variant ⓘ writing system ⓘ
associatedWith	Eastern Christianity ⓘ Syriac Churches ⓘ surface form: Syriac Christianity West Syriac liturgical tradition ⓘ surface form: West Syriac rite
characterType	consonantal alphabet ⓘ
culturalRole	preservation of West Syriac Christian heritage ⓘ
developedFrom	Syriac Estrangela script ⓘ
direction	right-to-left ⓘ
hasDiacritics	yes ⓘ
hasFeature	contextual letter forms ⓘ ligatures ⓘ vowel points added with diacritics ⓘ
ISO15924	Syrc ⓘ
primaryUsage	West Syriac liturgical tradition ⓘ surface form: West Syriac tradition liturgical texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
region	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ
relatedScript	East Syriac script ⓘ Estrangela script ⓘ
religiousContext	Christian liturgy ⓘ church administration documents ⓘ
scriptFamily	Aramaic script ⓘ Semitic abjad ⓘ Syriac alphabet ⓘ surface form: Syriac script
scriptType	cursive ⓘ
timePeriod	developed in the early centuries of Christianity ⓘ
UnicodeBlock	Syriac ⓘ
usedBy	Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ⓘ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Malankara Syrian Catholic Church Maronite Christianity ⓘ surface form: Maronite Church Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ⓘ
usedFor	Syriac liturgical poetry ⓘ Syriac theological works ⓘ classical Syriac ⓘ liturgical Syriac ⓘ
usedForLanguageFamily	Aramaic languages ⓘ
usedIn	Syriac biblical texts ⓘ Syriac hymnals ⓘ Syriac liturgical manuscripts ⓘ
writingDirection	horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemClass	abjad ⓘ
writingSystemOf	Syriac ⓘ surface form: Syriac language

Referenced by (5)

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

East Syriac script → distinctFrom → West Syriac script ⓘ

Estrangela script → hasDerivative → West Syriac script ⓘ

Syriac alphabet → hasVariant → West Syriac script ⓘ

Serto script → alsoKnownAs → West Syriac script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Syriac script

West Syriac liturgical tradition → primaryDialect → West Syriac script ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Syriac dialect of Classical Syriac