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
Devanagari script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Diwani script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
East Syriac script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Eastern Arabic numerals right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Eastern Nagari script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Egyptian hieroglyphs left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Egyptian hieroglyphs right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Egyptian hieroglyphs top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Elamite left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Estrangela script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Etruscan alphabet boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Etruscan alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Faroese alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Finnish language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gallifreyan circular via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ge'ez left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Georgian Supplement left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Georgian language left-to-right
Georgian script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Geez
surface form: Geʽez
left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Geʽez script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gimel right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Glagolitic script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Grantha script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Greek language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gujarati left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gujarati script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gulf Arabic right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Guoyu left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Guoyu top-to-bottom, right-to-left columns via predicate surface "historicalWritingDirection"
Gurmukhi left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hangul left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hangul top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hausa left-to-right (Latin script) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hausa right-to-left (Ajami script) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hebrew right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Hebrew alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hieroglyphic Luwian boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hieroglyphic Luwian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hieroglyphic Luwian right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hindi left-to-right
Hira horizontal via predicate surface "writingMode"
Hira vertical via predicate surface "writingMode"
Hiragana horizontal left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hiragana vertical top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
IV left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Indonesian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Inuktitut left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Italian language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Japanese left-to-right