Syriac

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

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (134)

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

Church Fathers → language → 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 → hasWritingSystem → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac script
Semitic languages → usedIn → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christian literature
Aramaic → hasDialects → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church → languageOfTheology → Syriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical 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 ⓘ
Fenqitho → language → 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
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
Manichaeism → language → Syriac ⓘ