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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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Syriac canonical 83
Classical Syriac 29
Syriac language 12

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 (134)

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

Church Fathers → language → Syriac ⓘ
New Testament manuscripts → areWrittenIn → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac → era → Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Aramaic period
Syriac → standardForm → Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Syriac
Syriac → hasDialect → Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Syriac
Assyrians → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Syriac
Syriac Rite → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac language
Semitic languages → hasLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Semitic languages → hasWritingSystem → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Semitic languages → usedIn → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christian literature
Aramaic → hasDialects → Syriac ⓘ
St. Isaac the Syrian → languageOfWritings → Syriac ⓘ
Protoevangelium of James → translatedInto → Syriac ⓘ
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Syriac ⓘ
Northwest Semitic → hasDescendant → Syriac ⓘ
Maronite Christianity → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church → scriptureLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church → languageOfTheology → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Syriac
Syriac Orthodox Church → languageOfHymnody → Syriac ⓘ
Jacob of Serugh → language → Syriac ⓘ
Narsai → language → Syriac ⓘ
East Syriac script → usedForLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac language
East Syriac script → relatedTo → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Syriac language
Sūrāyē → usedInDialect → Syriac ⓘ
Sūrāyē → traditionalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
House of Wisdom → languageOfSources → Syriac ⓘ
Fenqitho → language → Syriac ⓘ
School of Edessa → languageOfInstruction → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac liturgical year → languageOfLiturgy → Syriac ⓘ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → ancestorLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Syriac
Estrangela script → writingSystemOf → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac language
Estrangela script → region → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac-speaking world
Estrangela script → writingSystemScope → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: classical Syriac
Estrangela script → hasUnicodeBlock → Syriac ⓘ
Peshitta → language → Syriac ⓘ
Desert Mothers → language → Syriac ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → historicalAncestor → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Syriac
Hudra → language → Syriac ⓘ
Eastern Christianity → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Syriac
Jerusalem liturgical tradition → language → Syriac ⓘ
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → primaryLanguageOfLiturgy → Syriac ⓘ
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Islamic medicine → usedLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church → primaryLiturgyLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church → liturgicalLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → translatedInto → Syriac ⓘ
Government of Iraq → recognisedLanguage → Syriac ⓘ
Manichaeism → language → Syriac ⓘ
Malabar Independent Syrian Church → primaryLanguageOfLiturgy → Syriac ⓘ