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
Kulitan vertical via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Kulitan top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Kulitan columns arranged from right to left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Kulitan characters oriented for vertical layout via predicate surface "hasCharacterOrientation"
Myanmar Extended-B alphabetic via predicate surface "writingMode"
Blue Koran fragments right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
British colonial-era flag of Kuwait right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirectionOfScript"
Qashqai language right-to-left (Perso-Arabic) via predicate surface "usesScriptDirection"
Qashqai language left-to-right (Latin) via predicate surface "usesScriptDirection"
Hanunóo script bottom-to-top via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hanunóo script left-to-right (when rotated for reading) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Proto-Elamite script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
佐藤 left-to-right via predicate surface "isWrittenDirection"
ROKA insignia left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Old Georgian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
First Pass Under Heaven horizontal inscription
OMR left-to-right for Latin code via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Rejang script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Rejang script horizontal via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Lampung script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
North Picene inscriptions left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Elamite cuneiform left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Linear Elamite left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Hanacaraka left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Carakan horizontal left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirectionDetail"
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
HEBREW LETTER AYIN
surface form: Hebrew letter Ayin
right-to-left
Akateko left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Mopan Maya left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Vattezhuthu left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Southern Brahmi left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Duenos inscription boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Sourashtra language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Vatteluttu left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Montenegrin Latin alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
vertical Chinese writing (historically)
Novilara inscriptions right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Lydian alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Maine State Route 245 bidirectional via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Ottoman Turkish alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Nathan left-to-right
Aegean Numbers block
surface form: Aegean Numbers
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ancient Greek Numbers block
surface form: Ancient Greek Numbers
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Inscriptional Parthian block
surface form: Inscriptional Parthian
right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Bamum Supplement block
surface form: Bamum Supplement
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Warang Citi block horizontal via predicate surface "writingMode"
Duployan block left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tailo left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Inscriptional Pahlavi block
surface form: Inscriptional Pahlavi
right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Is-haq right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"