writingSystemDevelopedFrom

P9874 predicate

Indicates that one writing system originated, evolved, or was derived from another earlier writing system.

Observed surface forms (8)

  • previousWritingSystem ×8
  • writingSystemDerivedFrom ×3
  • hasWritingSystemOrigin ×2
  • differenceFromMesopotamianCuneiform ×1
  • hasOrthographyBasedOn ×1
  • parentWritingSystem ×1
  • writingSystemBasedOn ×1
  • writingSystemOfOrigin ×1

Sample triples (19)

Subject Object
Bodo
surface form: "Bodo language"
Assamese script via predicate surface "previousWritingSystem"
Bodo
surface form: "Bodo language"
Latin script via predicate surface "previousWritingSystem"
Chan Chinese characters via predicate surface "writingSystemOfOrigin"
Chechen language Arabic script via predicate surface "previousWritingSystem"
Chechen language Latin script via predicate surface "previousWritingSystem"
Dinka language English alphabet via predicate surface "writingSystemBasedOn"
Hebrew Phoenician alphabet
Kannada Bhattiprolu script (indirectly via Brahmi) via predicate surface "writingSystemDerivedFrom"
Kannada Kadamba script via predicate surface "writingSystemDerivedFrom"
Malayalam Grantha script via predicate surface "writingSystemDerivedFrom"
Punic script Northwest Semitic via predicate surface "parentWritingSystem"
surface form: "Northwest Semitic scripts"
Somali Arabic script via predicate surface "previousWritingSystem"
Somali Borama script via predicate surface "previousWritingSystem"
Somali Kaddare script via predicate surface "previousWritingSystem"
Somali Osmanya script via predicate surface "previousWritingSystem"
Ugaritic alphabet uses alphabetic signs instead of syllabic signs via predicate surface "differenceFromMesopotamianCuneiform"
Umbundu Portuguese-based Latin alphabet conventions via predicate surface "hasOrthographyBasedOn"
Urdu language
surface form: "Urdu"
Arabic alphabet via predicate surface "hasWritingSystemOrigin"
Urdu language
surface form: "Urdu"
Perso-Arabic script via predicate surface "hasWritingSystemOrigin"
surface form: "Persian alphabet"