Syriac

E7978

Middle Aramaic language classical language dialect literary language liturgical language

Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that became a major literary and liturgical language of early Eastern Christianity and the Syriac Church tradition.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Classical Syriac	6
Syriac language	3
Classical Syriac language	1
Middle Aramaic period	1
Syriac Christian literature	1
Syriac script	1
Syriac-speaking world	1
Western Syriac	1
classical Syriac	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle Aramaic language ⓘ classical language ⓘ dialect ⓘ literary language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ
developedFrom	Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Old Aramaic
era	Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Aramaic period
firstAttested	1st century CE ⓘ
floruit	4th century CE ⓘ 5th century CE ⓘ 6th century CE ⓘ
hasDialect	East Syriac script ⓘ surface form: Eastern Syriac Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Syriac
importantAuthor	Aphrahat ⓘ Ephrem the Syrian ⓘ Jacob of Serugh ⓘ Narsai ⓘ
importantTextualTradition	Peshitta ⓘ
influenced	Arabic literature ⓘ Armenian Christian literature ⓘ Christian Arabic ⓘ Georgian Christian literature ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	syc ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	syc ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Semitic ⓘ
liturgicalLanguageOf	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Ancient Church of the East Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ Maronite Christianity ⓘ surface form: Maronite Church Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
region	Edessa ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Northern Mesopotamia Edessa ⓘ surface form: Osroene Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Upper Mesopotamia
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Syriac Rite ⓘ surface form: Syriac Christianity
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
standardForm	Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Classical Syriac
status	classical liturgical language ⓘ no longer a vernacular in its classical form ⓘ
subclassOf	Afroasiatic language ⓘ Aramaic language ⓘ Semitic language ⓘ
usedFor	biblical translation ⓘ hymnography ⓘ liturgical texts ⓘ patristic writings ⓘ theological literature ⓘ
usedIn	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Ancient Church of the East Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Church of the East Eastern Christianity ⓘ Maronite Christianity ⓘ surface form: Maronite Church Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ Syriac Rite ⓘ surface form: Syriac Christianity Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
writingSystem	Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ surface form: Syriac alphabet
writingSystemUnicodeBlock	Syriac (U+0700–U+074F) ⓘ
writingSystemVariant	East Syriac script ⓘ Estrangela script ⓘ West Syriac script ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → ancestorLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Syriac

New Testament manuscripts → areWrittenIn → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac → era → Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Aramaic period

Northwest Semitic → hasDescendant → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac → hasDialect → Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Syriac

Aramaic → hasDialects → Syriac ⓘ

Semitic languages → hasLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Syriac ⓘ

Estrangela script → hasUnicodeBlock → Syriac ⓘ

Semitic languages → hasWritingSystem → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syriac script

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → historicalAncestor → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Syriac

Church Fathers → language → Syriac ⓘ

Desert Mothers → language → Syriac ⓘ

Fenqitho → language → Syriac ⓘ

Hudra → language → Syriac ⓘ

Jacob of Serugh → language → Syriac ⓘ

Jerusalem liturgical tradition → language → Syriac ⓘ

Manichaeism → language → Syriac ⓘ

Narsai → language → Syriac ⓘ

Peshitta → language → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac Orthodox Church → languageOfHymnody → Syriac ⓘ

School of Edessa → languageOfInstruction → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac liturgical year → languageOfLiturgy → Syriac ⓘ

House of Wisdom → languageOfSources → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac Orthodox Church → languageOfTheology → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Syriac

St. Isaac the Syrian → languageOfWritings → Syriac ⓘ

Assyrians → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Syriac

Maronite Christianity → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac Catholic Church → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac Orthodox Church → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Malabar Independent Syrian Church → primaryLanguageOfLiturgy → Syriac ⓘ

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → primaryLanguageOfLiturgy → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac Catholic Church → primaryLiturgyLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Government of Iraq → recognisedLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Estrangela script → region → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syriac-speaking world

East Syriac script → relatedTo → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Syriac language

Syriac Orthodox Church → scriptureLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Syriac → standardForm → Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Syriac

Sūrāyē → traditionalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → translatedInto → Syriac ⓘ

Protoevangelium of James → translatedInto → Syriac ⓘ

East Syriac script → usedForLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syriac language

Semitic languages → usedIn → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syriac Christian literature

Sūrāyē → usedInDialect → Syriac ⓘ

Islamic medicine → usedLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Syriac

Syriac Rite → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syriac language

Estrangela script → writingSystemOf → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syriac language

Estrangela script → writingSystemScope → Syriac ⓘ

this entity surface form: classical Syriac