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).

All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
scriptDirection canonical 671
hasScriptDirection 32
typicalScript 20

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: scriptDirection
Generated description
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).

Sample triples (756)

Subject Object
Khaltahi left-to-right
Hakha Chin left-to-right
flag of Castile-La Mancha left to right
Çağatay Türkçesi right-to-left
Shinya left-to-right (romanization)
Shinya vertical (Japanese writing)
Al-Inshirah right-to-left
Old Sabaic right-to-left
South Picene inscriptions right-to-left
Iguvine Tablets right-to-left (Umbrian script tablets)
Iguvine Tablets left-to-right (Latin script tablets)
Picene language right-to-left via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection"
Chuukese language left-to-right
Piast eagle dexter-facing
Emblem of Somalia none
五七桐 横書き・縦書き双方で使用される
Middle Sabaic right-to-left
Armn left-to-right
Ethiopic Extended left-to-right
Argobba right-to-left via predicate surface "primaryScriptDirection"
Picard left-to-right via predicate surface "hasScriptDirection"
Upper Tanana left-to-right
flag of the Second Spanish Republic none (no official inscription) via predicate surface "scriptDirectionOnFlag"
Noel Latin alphabet via predicate surface "typicalScript"
Karelian Cyrillic alphabet left-to-right
flag of Provence vertical
cmiique iitom left-to-right
گیلکی راست به چپ
Keisuke left-to-right
Menkheperre right-to-left
Arabic Yaʼ right-to-left via predicate surface "scriptDirectionality"
Turki right-to-left
STaM (Torah scroll script)
surface form: STaM
right-to-left
རྫོང་ཁ left-to-right
Myanmar Extended-B left-to-right
Shapuri right-to-left
Jurchen script written vertically
Jurchen script top-to-bottom
Jurchen script columns ordered right-to-left
Kʼicheʼ language left-to-right
Talasp inscriptions right-to-left
Dzong-Ka left-to-right
Four Moors (Quattro Mori) of Sardinia heads facing left in modern version
Mazanderani right-to-left
Kistane language left-to-right
Pauahi left-to-right
Everhard Latin alphabet via predicate surface "typicalScript"
NVA emblem none
Shexian dialect left-to-right (modern usage)
Paelignian right-to-left