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
South Picene alphabet boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
South Picene alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
South Picene people right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Spanish left-to-right
State Road 389 in Panama City
surface form: State Road 389 (Panama City)
bidirectional traffic via predicate surface "hasDirectionality"
Sundanese script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tamil left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tamil script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Telugu left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tglg left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Thaana script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Thai
surface form: Thai language
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Thai numerals left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tifinagh left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tifinagh right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tifinagh top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tirhuta script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Turkish language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ugaritic alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ukrainian language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Umbrian alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Vatteluttu script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Venda left-to-right
Venetic alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Venetic language boustrophedon (in some inscriptions) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Venetic language right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Vietnamese alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Welsh left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Yod right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Yod right-to-left via predicate surface "directionalityInUnicode"
Zayin right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
סִיוָן
surface form: סיוון
ימין־לשמאל via predicate surface "writingDirectionOfName"
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"