East Syriac script

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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.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic script ⓘ
Syriac script variant ⓘ
abjad ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Kerala ⓘ
surface form: Kerala, India

Mesopotamia ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Northern Iraq

northwestern Iran ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Iran

Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Turkey
distinctFrom Estrangela script ⓘ
West Syriac script ⓘ
hasDiacriticsFor pronunciation marks ⓘ
vowel indication ⓘ
hasLetterForms final ⓘ
initial ⓘ
isolated ⓘ
medial ⓘ
hasVariant Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic orthography

Madnhaya ⓘ
Swadaya ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
ISO15924Code Syrc ⓘ
numberOfBasicLetters 22 ⓘ
parentSystem Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic script

Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician script

Syriac alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Syriac script
relatedTo Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Classical Syriac language
religiousContext Christian liturgy ⓘ
Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Syriac Christian tradition
scriptFamily Syriac alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Syriac script
scriptType consonant-based abjad ⓘ
unicodeBlock Syriac (U+0700–U+074F) ⓘ
usedByCommunity Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian people

Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Chaldeans ⓘ
surface form: Chaldean people

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Syriac Christians in India

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ
usedFor classical literature ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedForLanguage Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Syriac language
usedIn Syriac biblical manuscripts ⓘ
Syriac liturgical books ⓘ
Syriac theological literature ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingStyle cursive ⓘ
writingSystemStatus classical ⓘ
liturgical ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

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

Syriac → writingSystemVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
Syriac → hasDialect → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Syriac
Assyrians → script → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac alphabet
Aramaic → hasWritingSystem → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac alphabet
Northwest Semitic → writingSystem → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac alphabet
Nabataean alphabet → relatedTo → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac alphabet
Aramaic alphabet (historically) → ancestorOf → East Syriac script ⓘ
subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet
this entity surface form: Syriac alphabet
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → scriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madnhāyā (Eastern Syriac) script
Estrangela script → hasDerivative → East Syriac script ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → writingSystem → East Syriac script ⓘ
Dalet → relatedTo → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac letter Dalath
Syriac alphabet → hasVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
Syriacs → usesScript → East Syriac script ⓘ
Swadaya → writingSystem → East Syriac script ⓘ
Swadaya → scriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script
Urmia dialect → scriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Syriac script
Tyari dialect → scriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Eastern script
Gawar dialect → scriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Syriac script
Qochanis dialect → writingSystemVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Syriac script
Suret → primaryScriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Syriac script
Sureth → primaryScriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Eastern script
West Syriac script → relatedScript → East Syriac script ⓘ
Serto script → relatedTo → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script
Alqosh dialect → writingSystem → East Syriac script ⓘ
East Syriac rite → scriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
Phoenician Yodh → ancestorOf → East Syriac script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Yod