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
Montenegrin left-to-right
Hepburn left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Maguindanaon language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ugaritic language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Faliscan alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Faliscan alphabet boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hanunoo bottom-to-top via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Hanunoo left-to-right (when rotated for reading) via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Jawi Malay right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hanyu Pinyin left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ma (Mandarin romanization of 马佳, compound surname) left-to-right (romanization form) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Kana horizontal left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Kana vertical top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tagbanwa left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hakka Romanization System left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Chu bamboo slips vertical columns via predicate surface "writingOrientation"
Kaithi script left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Eastern Neo-Brahmi script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Simplified Chinese left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Linear B left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
ڈوگری right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ḍogrī left-to-right
Sidetic script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Sidetian
surface form: Sidetic script
right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Lycian II left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Lycian alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
D
surface form: D (vehicle registration code)
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Old Assyrian left-to-right in horizontal lines
Sumerian language left-to-right horizontal rows via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Greek Wikinews collaboratively written via predicate surface "writingMode"
Turkish Wikinews collaboratively written via predicate surface "writingMode"
Mandaic alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Laudianus (E 08) left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Syriac alphabet horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Arabic Supplement right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Carian language right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Carian language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Luwians generally boustrophedon via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Man'yōgana vertical via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Man'yōgana right-to-left horizontal (historical) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Phrygian left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Linear A left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Argenteus left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Ambrosianus left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Borama script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Hepburn romanization left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Xiaoping left-to-right (romanization) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (partly)
surface form: Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"