hasWritingDirection

P2264 predicate

Indicates the direction in which writing or text is read or written for a given script, language, or text system.

Observed surface forms (15)

  • writingDirection ×193
  • directionOfWriting ×12
  • writingDirectionOfName ×3
  • hasDirectionality ×2
  • historicalWritingDirection ×2
  • writingMode ×2
  • directionalityInUnicode ×1
  • earlierWritingDirection ×1
  • primaryWritingDirection ×1
  • readingDirection ×1

Sample triples (236)

Subject Object
AED right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirectionOfSymbol"
AO left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Alpha left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ancient Egyptian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ancient Egyptian right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ancient Egyptian top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ancient Greek boustrophedon via predicate surface "earlierWritingDirection"
Ancient Greek left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Arabic right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Arabic alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Arabic calligraphy right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Aramaic right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Aramaic alphabet (historically)
surface form: Aramaic alphabet
right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Asomtavruli left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Assamese left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ayin right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Balinese script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Baybayin horizontal via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Baybayin left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Bodo
surface form: Bodo language
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Bokmål left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Boko alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Bosnian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Brahmi script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirectionCategory"
Brahmi script left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Brahmic scripts left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Bulgarian language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Burmese script left-to-right
Carolingian minuscule left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Catalan left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Classical Mongolian script left-to-right in column order via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Classical Mongolian script pages traditionally turned left like Chinese books via predicate surface "writingOrientation"
Classical Mongolian script top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Classical Mongolian script vertical via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Bezae Greek text on left page via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Bezae Latin text on right page via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Boturini from right to left via predicate surface "readingDirection"
Codex Vaticanus left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" GENERATED
Coptic language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Coptic script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Corsican language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Crimean Tatar flag left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirectionOfName"
Crimean Tatar flag right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirectionOfName"
Croatian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Cyrillic Extended-B left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Cyrillic script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Dalet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Danish language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Devanagari Extended-A left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"