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
East Syriac script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Leonardo da Vinci notebooks right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
North Italic alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
North Italic alphabet boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Egyptian hieroglyphs right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Egyptian hieroglyphs left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Egyptian hieroglyphs top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Brahmic scripts left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Kiribati language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Malayalam script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Maltese left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tirhuta script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
State Road 389 in Panama City
surface form: State Road 389 (Panama City)
bidirectional traffic via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Coptic script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
LI leftToRight via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Estrangela script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Venda left-to-right
Sinhala script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Guoyu left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Guoyu top-to-bottom, right-to-left columns via predicate surface "historicalWritingDirection"
Georgian Supplement left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Welsh left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Khaldoon right-to-left in original Arabic form via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Slovak language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Kashubian language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Bulgarian language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Thai numerals left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Resh right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Pe right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Dalet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Zayin right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Lao left-to-right via predicate surface "primaryWritingDirection"
Lao script left-to-right 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"
Classical Mongolian script vertical via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Classical Mongolian script top-to-bottom 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"
Landa scripts left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Carolingian minuscule left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
AO left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
סִיוָן
surface form: סיוון
ימין־לשמאל via predicate surface "writingDirectionOfName"
Geez
surface form: Geʽez
left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Geʽez script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
South Picene people right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Gallifreyan circular via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Umbrian alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Pallava script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Macedonian left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"