Serṭo
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Serṭo is a cursive style of the Syriac alphabet used primarily in West Syriac Christian liturgical and literary traditions.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Syriac script style
ⓘ
writing system variant ⓘ |
| alphabetType | abjad ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Serto
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Serṭā NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maronite Church
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ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ West Syriac Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
East Syriac script (Madnhaya)
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ⓘ
Estrangela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Christian Near Eastern tradition ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Estrangela script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
connected letterforms
ⓘ
contextual letter shapes ⓘ diacritic vowel marks ⓘ separate signs for Syriac diacritics ⓘ |
| hasLetterCount | 22 consonant letters ⓘ |
| hasLigatures | yes ⓘ |
| hasPunctuationSystem | Syriac punctuation marks ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Syriac book hands ⓘ |
| primaryUsage |
West Syriac liturgical manuscripts
ⓘ
West Syriac printed books ⓘ |
| region |
Levant
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ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | historical script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Syriac alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptType | cursive script ⓘ |
| scriptUsageStatus | in continuous liturgical use ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | West Syriac monastic scriptoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsVocalization | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval development ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock | Syriac (U+0700–U+074F) ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Syriac-speaking Christians
ⓘ
West Syriac scribes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
liturgical texts
ⓘ
manuscript copying ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| usedForLanguageFamily | Aramaic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Syriac Christianity
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ⓘ
West Syriac tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left script ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf |
Classical Syriac
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ⓘ
Syriac language ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.