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
Georgian script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gujarati left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
rongorongo
surface form: Rongorongo
reverse boustrophedon via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Diwani script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ruqʿah script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gurmukhi left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
South Picene alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
South Picene alphabet boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Runic alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Venetic alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Paleo-Latin alphabet right-to-left (in earliest forms) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Paleo-Latin alphabet boustrophedon (in some inscriptions) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Paleo-Latin alphabet left-to-right (in later forms) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Thai
surface form: Thai language
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hebrew alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Rashi script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Oscan alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Oscan alphabet boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Modern Standard Arabic right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Arabic calligraphy right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Sindhi right-to-left in Arabic script
Sindhi left-to-right in Devanagari script
North Picene alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Balinese script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Lepontic alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Lepontic alphabet boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Pharaonic Egypt right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Pharaonic Egypt left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Pharaonic Egypt top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Inuktitut left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Aramaic right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Alpha left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Vaticanus left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" GENERATED
Róbert left-to-right
Indonesian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Brahmi script left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Brahmi script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirectionCategory"
Glagolitic script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Malay left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Sharada script left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Hangul left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hangul top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Cyrillic Extended-B left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Odia left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Old Persian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Grantha script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gujarati script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ancient Greek left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ancient Greek boustrophedon via predicate surface "earlierWritingDirection"
Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"