writingSystemStatus

P7443 predicate

Indicates the current functional or sociolinguistic state of a writing system, such as whether it is actively used, obsolete, official, or endangered.

Observed surface forms (3)

  • hasWritingSystemStatus ×2
  • writingSystemCurrent ×1
  • writingSystemStatusInSerbia ×1

Sample triples (24)

Subject Object
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics active
Cyrillic script living
Devanagari script official script of Hindi in India
Devanagari script official script of Marathi in Maharashtra, India
Devanagari script official script of Nepali in Nepal
East Syriac script classical
East Syriac script liturgical
Egyptians Arabic alphabet via predicate surface "writingSystemCurrent"
surface form: Arabic script
Glagolitic script historical
Hira living
Mingrelian language largely unwritten
Minoan civilization Linear A undeciphered
Mkhedruli current
North Dravidian languages often written in regional Indic scripts via predicate surface "hasWritingSystemStatus"
North Italic alphabet extinct
Ogham script historical
Olmec civilization disputed early writing
Oscan alphabet extinct
Punic script extinct
Roro
surface form: Rongorongo
undeciphered
Serbian language both Cyrillic and Latin are officially used via predicate surface "writingSystemStatusInSerbia"
Shahmukhi script de facto standard for Punjabi in Pakistan
Sinhala script official script of Sri Lanka via predicate surface "hasWritingSystemStatus"
South Picene alphabet extinct