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 |
| hasWritingDirection canonical | 51 |
| writingSystemDirection | 12 |
| readingDirection | 8 |
| writingMode | 7 |
| writingDirectionOfName | 4 |
| writingOrientation | 4 |
| historicalWritingDirection | 3 |
| usesScriptDirection | 3 |
| associatedWritingDirection | 2 |
| typicalWritingDirection | 2 |
| writingDirectionCategory | 2 |
| writingDirectionContext | 2 |
| writingDirectionDetail | 2 |
| writingDirectionType | 2 |
| writingDirectionVariants | 2 |
| writingDirectionality | 2 |
| 书写方向 | 2 |
| belongsToWritingDirection | 1 |
| directionalityInUnicode | 1 |
| earlierWritingDirection | 1 |
| hasCharacterOrientation | 1 |
| hasHistoricalWritingDirection | 1 |
| isWrittenDirection | 1 |
| isWrittenInDirection | 1 |
| primaryWritingDirection | 1 |
| textDirection | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfInsignia | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfOriginLanguage | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfPrimaryScript | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfScript | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfSymbol | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfTextElement | 1 |
| اتجاه_الكتابة | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Tarifit language | left-to-right (Latin script) ⓘ |
| Tarifit language | right-to-left (Arabic script) ⓘ |
| Tarifit language | left-to-right (Tifinagh script) ⓘ |
| Standard Moroccan Amazigh | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Tfng | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| HTG | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Nukuoro language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Tigalari script | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Katakana | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Katakana | top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Twi | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Bosnian Cyrillic | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Lachish ewer inscription | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Purépecha language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Wadi el-Hol inscriptions | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Eastern Armenian | left-to-right ⓘ |
| forint | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Dhivehi language | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Brahmi | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Brahmi | horizontal via predicate surface "hasDirectionality" ⓘ |
| Tongan language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Kansas Highway 66 | generally east–west via predicate surface "hasDirectionality" ⓘ |
| South Arabian script | right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
| South Arabian script | occasionally boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirectionVariants" ⓘ |
| Botorrita inscriptions | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Erzya language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Moksha language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| N'Ko script | cursive ⓘ |
|
Sad
surface form:
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|
right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Gaj's Latin alphabet | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Pashto alphabet | horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Sogdian alphabet | right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
| Sogdian alphabet | horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirectionType" ⓘ |
| Manichaean script | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Imperial Aramaic | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Uyghur Arabic alphabet | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Indus script | right-to-left (predominant, inferred) via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Euboean Greek alphabet | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Euboean Greek alphabet | boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Tasiwit | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Mediterranean alphabet | primarily right-to-left in early forms via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Mediterranean alphabet | later left-to-right in some descendant scripts via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Old Uyghur alphabet | vertical via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
| Old Uyghur alphabet | top-to-bottom via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
| Old Uyghur alphabet | left-to-right (in column order) via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
| Zapotec script | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Zapotec script | top-to-bottom (in columns) via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Chagatai script | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Tacenwit | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |