East Syriac script

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Semitic script Syriac script variant abjad writing system

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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Syriac alphabet	5
Eastern Syriac	1
Madnhāyā (Eastern Syriac) script	1
Syriac letter Dalath	1

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 ⓘ