Mandaic alphabet

E194491

The Mandaic alphabet is a distinctive script used primarily by the Mandaean religious community to write the Mandaic language, a dialect of Eastern Aramaic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mandaic script 16
Mandaic alphabet canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abjad ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedPeople Mandaeans ⓘ
linked to: Mandaeism
associatedReligion Gnostic tradition of Mandaeism ⓘ
communityStatus used by a minority religious community ⓘ
developedFrom Aramaic alphabet ⓘ
direction right-to-left ⓘ
endangeredStatus limited contemporary use ⓘ
hasDiacritics yes ⓘ
hasFeature cursive style ⓘ
distinct letter forms ⓘ
ligatures ⓘ
vowel marking integrated into letters ⓘ
hasLetters 22 consonant letters ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
languageBranch Eastern Aramaic ⓘ
languageFamily Aramaic ⓘ
modernUse community publications ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
religious manuscripts ⓘ
primaryUse liturgical texts ⓘ
magical texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
region Mesopotamia ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ
southwestern Iran ⓘ
relatedScript Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
religiousUse Mandaeism ⓘ
scriptCategory Middle Eastern script ⓘ
scriptCodeISO15924 Mand ⓘ
scriptFamily Aramaic script ⓘ
standardizedIn Unicode version 6.0 ⓘ
unicodeBlock Mandaic ⓘ
unicodeRange U+0840–U+085F ⓘ
usedBy Mandaeans ⓘ
linked to: Mandaeism
usedFor Mandaic language ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic
usedIn Ginza Rabba ⓘ
Mandaean magical bowls ⓘ
Qolasta ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingMedium lead rolls ⓘ
paper ⓘ
parchment ⓘ
writingSystemType consonantal alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aramaic alphabet → ancestorOf → Mandaic alphabet ⓘ
subject linked to: Aramaic alphabet (historically)
Mandaic → writingSystem → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Mandaean religious texts → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Mandaeism → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Eastern Aramaic → writingSystem → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Syriac alphabet → influenced → Mandaic alphabet ⓘ
Ginza Rabba → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Great Treasure → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Qolasta → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Alma Rišaia Rba → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Diwan Abatur → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
The Thousand and Twelve Questions → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Book of John (Mandaean) → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
subject linked to: Book of John
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Scroll of the Great Revelation → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Aramaic language continuum → writingSystem → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Mandaeans in Iran → writingSystem → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Mandaeans in Iraq → script → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
Aramaic script → influenced → Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet