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
Dov right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirectionOfOriginLanguage"
Chữ Nôm top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Chữ Nôm right-to-left (vertical columns) via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Mon language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Bama left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Ajami script right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Iraqi flag right-to-left via predicate surface "writingOrientation"
Sogdian language right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Nandinagari script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
ΦΒΚ left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Yonatan right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Parachi right-to-left via predicate surface "usesScriptDirection"
Tumshuqese left-to-right
Palmyrene Aramaic right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
ʿAmr right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Pe̍h-ōe-jī left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Taiwanese Romanization System left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Seoul dialect left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Cretan hieroglyphs generally left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Isthmian script (in some regions)
surface form: Isthmian script
left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Flag of Fejér County left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Koshali language left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Romanized Popular Alphabet left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Pahawh Hmong left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Pahawh Hmong horizontal via predicate surface "writingSystemDirection"
Hmong Lao script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Chinese calligraphy traditionally vertical via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Chinese calligraphy right-to-left in columns via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Small Seal Script top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Small Seal Script right-to-left columns via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Masayuki left-to-right in Latin script via predicate surface "typicalWritingDirection"
Masayuki vertical in Japanese script via predicate surface "typicalWritingDirection"
Papyrus 66 left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Geʽez left-to-right via predicate surface "directionOfWriting"
Kaiyuan Tongbao cash coins top-bottom-right-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Irish minuscule left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Maya hieroglyphs left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Maya hieroglyphs top-to-bottom in paired columns via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Este alphabet right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Turin King List right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Middle Egyptian right-to-left
Middle Egyptian left-to-right
Middle Egyptian top-to-bottom
Codex Arundel mirror writing via predicate surface "writingDirection"
West Syriac script horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Codex Trivulzianus mirror writing via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Pazhaya lipi left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tamil-Brahmi script left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Lm left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"
Tirhuta left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection"