scriptDirection
P3658
predicate
Indicates the direction in which a writing system or script is read or written (e.g., left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom).
Observed surface forms (7)
- hasScriptDirection ×7
- supportsScriptDirection ×4
- typicalScript ×3
- primaryScriptDirection ×2
- scriptDirectionality ×2
- scriptOfOriginal ×1
- typicalScriptDirection ×1
Sample triples (141)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Akkadian | left-to-right → |
| Amarna letters | left-to-right horizontal lines → |
| Amharic | left-to-right → |
| Ammonite | right-to-left → |
| Armenian alphabet | left-to-right → |
| As-Samad | Right-to-left → |
| Balti | right-to-left (in Arabic script) via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection" → |
| Belgian lion | dexter → |
| Bengali | left-to-right → |
| Bertrando | Latin alphabet via predicate surface "typicalScript" → |
| Bhojpuri | left-to-right via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection" → |
| Blue Sky with a White Sun | none → |
|
Bright peace
surface form: "Bright Peace"
|
Japanese kanji via predicate surface "scriptOfOriginal" → |
| British Blue Ensign | left-to-right → |
| Bulgarian Sign Language (written form) | left‑to‑right → |
| CSS Writing Modes Module | bottom-to-top scripts via predicate surface "supportsScriptDirection" → |
| CSS Writing Modes Module | left-to-right scripts via predicate surface "supportsScriptDirection" → |
| CSS Writing Modes Module | right-to-left scripts via predicate surface "supportsScriptDirection" → |
| CSS Writing Modes Module | top-to-bottom scripts via predicate surface "supportsScriptDirection" → |
| Canadian Aboriginal syllabics | left-to-right → |
| Canggal inscription | left-to-right → |
| Cantonese | left-to-right → |
| Chechen language | left-to-right → |
| Cippus Abellanus | boustrophedon → |
| Cippus Perusinus | right-to-left → |
| Classical Arabic | right-to-left → |
| Classical Armenian | left-to-right → |
| Coat of arms of Haute-Savoie | left-to-right → |
| Coat of arms of Luxembourg | left-facing lion → |
| Coat of arms of Yemen | right-to-left → |
| Cook Islands Māori language | left-to-right via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection" → |
| Cuneiform Luwian | left-to-right → |
| Cyrus Cylinder | left-to-right horizontal rows → |
| Demotic Greek | left-to-right → |
| Dutch | left-to-right → |
| Dzongkha | left-to-right → |
| Edomite | right-to-left → |
| Eero | Latin via predicate surface "typicalScript" → |
| Etruscan language | right-to-left → |
| Faifi Arabic | right-to-left → |
| Flag of Azad Jammu and Kashmir | left-to-right hoist → |
| Flag of Friesland | left-to-right (for inscriptions when present) → |
| Flag of the Canary Islands | left-to-right → |
| Fus’ha | right-to-left → |
| Gandhari Prakrit | right-to-left → |
| Gilaki | right-to-left via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection" → |
| Guna language | left-to-right via predicate surface "primaryScriptDirection" → |
| GÖ | left-to-right → |
| Hernican language | right-to-left → |
| Hira | left-to-right → |
| Hira | top-to-bottom → |
|
ichthys
surface form: "Ichthys"
|
left-to-right → |
| Iyar | right-to-left (Hebrew name) via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection" → |
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (variant as naval ensign) | none → |
| Judeo-Arabic | right-to-left via predicate surface "typicalScriptDirection" → |
| Kadamba script | left-to-right → |
| Kamviri language | right-to-left → |
| Kanji | left-to-right in horizontal text → |
| Kanji | top-to-bottom in vertical text → |
| Kannada | left-to-right → |
| Kaqchikel | left-to-right → |
| Kawi script | horizontal via predicate surface "scriptDirectionality" → |
| Kulitan script | right-to-left (column order) → |
| Kulitan script | top-to-bottom → |
| Kulitan script | vertical → |
| Lao script | horizontal via predicate surface "scriptDirectionality" → |
| Latin | left-to-right → |
| Latin script (Azerbaijan) | left-to-right → |
| Lemnian language | left-to-right → |
| Lepontic language | right-to-left → |
| Linear B inscriptions | left-to-right → |
| Lydian | right-to-left → |
| MSA | right-to-left → |
| Malayalam | left-to-right → |
| Marathi language | left-to-right → |
| Mem | right-to-left → |
| Middle Irish | left-to-right → |
| Middle Javanese | left-to-right → |
| Millar | Latin alphabet via predicate surface "typicalScript" → |
| Moabite | right-to-left → |
| Muhaqqaq script | right-to-left → |
| Multani | right-to-left → |
| Nagari script | left-to-right → |
| Najdi Arabic | right-to-left → |
| Naskh script | right-to-left → |
| NeXT logo | left-to-right → |
| Nepali | left-to-right → |
| North Picene | left-to-right → |
| Old Frisian | left-to-right → |
|
Old Nubian script (historically)
surface form: "Old Nubian script"
|
left-to-right → |
| Old South Arabian | right-to-left → |
| Oscan language | right-to-left in Oscan alphabet → |
| Ottoman Turkish | right-to-left → |
|
ota
surface form: "Ottoman Turkish"
|
right-to-left → |
| Paelignian language | left-to-right → |
| Pallava script | horizontal → |
| Portcullis emblem of the UK Parliament | left-to-right → |
| Primitive Irish | typically bottom-to-top → |
| Punic script | right-to-left → |
| Pyrgi Tablets | right-to-left → |
| Raetic language | right-to-left → |
|
rongorongo
surface form: "Rongorongo"
|
bottom-to-top line orientation → |
|
rongorongo
surface form: "Rongorongo"
|
left-to-right within each line → |
| Royal Air Force Ensign defaced with ROC badge | left-to-right → |
| Ruqʿah | right-to-left → |
| Sabaic | right-to-left → |
| Sabellic languages | left-to-right in later inscriptions → |
| Sabellic languages | right-to-left in early inscriptions → |
| Saraiki | right-to-left → |
| Senyera | left-to-right → |
| Seraiki | right-to-left via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection" → |
| Shabaka Stone | right-to-left → |
| Shaddai | right-to-left → |
| Sicel | left-to-right → |
| Sidetic | right-to-left → |
| Sorani | right-to-left → |
| Sorbian languages | left-to-right → |
| South Picene | right-to-left → |
| South Picene language | right-to-left → |
| Standard Belarusian | left-to-right via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection" → |
| Standard Chinese | left-to-right → |
| Stele of Novilara | right-to-left → |
| Surah Abasa | right-to-left → |
| Surah Al-Fil | Right-to-left → |
| Syriac | right-to-left → |
| Tamil people | left-to-right → |
| Telaga Batu inscription | left-to-right → |
| Tigrinya | left-to-right → |
| Toyomichi Kurita | left-to-right → |
| Triskelion of Mann | clockwise → |
| Tryzub | stylized linear monogram → |
| Ulster Banner | none → |
| Umbrian alphabet | right-to-left → |
| Universal typeface | left-to-right → |
| Uyghurs | right-to-left (Arabic-based script) → |
| White Eagle coat of arms | left-facing eagle → |
| Yafiʿi Arabic | right-to-left → |
| Yiddish | right-to-left via predicate surface "primaryScriptDirection" → |
| black-yellow-white tricolour (imperial flag) | horizontal stripes → |
| coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy | left-to-right → |
| tricolour flame | vertical tricolour arrangement → |