hasWritingDirection

P2264
predicate

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

All labels observed (36)

Label Occurrences
writingDirection 723
hasDirectionality 61
directionOfWriting 52

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: hasWritingDirection
Generated description
Indicates the direction in which writing or text is read or written for a given script, language, or text system.

Sample triples (962)

Subject Object
Turkmen alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Khamti language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Morse code left-to-right via predicate surface "writingSystemDirection"
Modern Spanish left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
פְּדָיָה right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ohio Street east–west orientation (general) via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
left-to-right via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Cambridge University Library MS Nn.2.41 left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Aljamiado right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Δωροθέα left-to-right
Whitehall Street north–south via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Landa left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Lārī scripts left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Modern Uyghur right-to-left (Arabic script) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Modern Uyghur left-to-right (Latin script) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Modern Uyghur left-to-right (Cyrillic script) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Manchu script top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Manchu script left-to-right in columns via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Manchu script cursive-like connected letters via predicate surface "writingMode"
Xibe script top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Xibe script columns ordered left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Merovingian scripts left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gothic textura left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Khudabadi script left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Khudabadi script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirectionType"
Late Sabaic right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Sudpiceno right-to-left
Tamim right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Mandinka language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Kawi left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Old Mon script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Massachusetts Route signed directions such as north–south via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Massachusetts Route signed directions such as east–west via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Cham language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Mon script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ethiopic Supplement left-to-right via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Karelian Latin alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Yehuda right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
the Tiwaz rune
surface form: Tiwaz rune
appears in inscriptions written left-to-right or right-to-left depending on tradition via predicate surface "writingDirectionContext"
Rock Creek Church Road NW bidirectional traffic via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
XXX left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Balti language right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Roman numeral system left to right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ganjnameh inscriptions left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Phoenician Yodh right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Arabic Lām right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
block script (Ktav Ashuri)
surface form: Block script (Ktav Ashuri)
right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ethiopic manuscripts left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Solitreo script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"