Syriac alphabet

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The Syriac alphabet is a historical Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language and Christian liturgical texts, derived from earlier Aramaic scripts.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Syriac script 59
Syriac alphabet canonical 30
Syriac Alaph 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic script ⓘ
abjad ⓘ
historical writing system ⓘ
associatedWithLiturgicalLanguage Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
associatedWithReligion Christianity ⓘ
derivedFrom Aramaic alphabet ⓘ
direction right-to-left ⓘ
hasDiacriticsFor gemination ⓘ
syllable division ⓘ
vowels ⓘ
hasNumberOfLetters 22 ⓘ
hasVariant East Syriac script ⓘ
Estrangela script ⓘ
Serto script ⓘ
West Syriac script ⓘ
influenced Garshuni writing ⓘ
Mandaic alphabet ⓘ
Manichaean script ⓘ
Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script traditions ⓘ
Sogdian alphabet ⓘ
ISO15924Code Syrc ⓘ
regionOfUse Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
relatedTo Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
scriptFamily Aramaic alphabet ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse 1st millennium CE ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
type consonant-based script ⓘ
unicodeBlock Syriac ⓘ
usedByCommunity Assyrian people ⓘ
linked to: Assyrians

Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Chaldean people ⓘ
linked to: Chaldeans

Church of the East ⓘ
Maronite Church ⓘ
Maronites ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Christians ⓘ
linked to: Syriacs

Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
usedFor Christian liturgical texts ⓘ
Syriac Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Churches

biblical manuscripts ⓘ
hymnography ⓘ
philosophical texts ⓘ
scientific texts ⓘ
theological literature ⓘ
writingDirection horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemOf Syriac language ⓘ
linked to: Syriac

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (90)

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

Aramaic alphabet → relatedTo → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
subject linked to: Aramaic alphabet (historically)
Phoenician language → ancestorOf → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church → usesAlphabet → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
East Syriac script → scriptFamily → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
East Syriac script → parentSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Sūrāyē → scriptTraditionallyUsed → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Āṯūrāyē → scriptUsed → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → writingSystem → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Estrangela script → subclassOf → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → usesAlphabet → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → primaryScript → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Aleph → relatedLetter → Syriac Alaph ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Chaldean Catholic Church → usesScript → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Classical Mongolian script → indirectAncestorScript → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Turoyo → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Wikipedia puzzle globe → hasWritingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Old Turkic language → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
St. Thomas Christians → usesScript → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Eastern Aramaic → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Neo-Aramaic languages → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Sogdian alphabet → derivedFrom → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Manichaean script → derivedFrom → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Manichaean script → relatedScript → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Imperial Aramaic → scriptAncestorOf → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Old Uyghur alphabet → relatedTo → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Old Uyghur alphabet → scriptLineage → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Palmyrene alphabet → relatedTo → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Mandaic alphabet → relatedScript → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Palestinian Aramaic dialects → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Syriacs → writingSystem → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Sogdian language → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Syriac Churches → hasPrimaryScript → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Swadaya → scriptVariant → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Commentary on the Diatessaron → originalScript → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Urmia dialect → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Urmia dialect → writingSystem → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Salamas dialect → writingSystem → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Nochiya dialect → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Nochiya dialect → writingSystem → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Gawar dialect → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Gawar dialect → writingSystem → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Suret → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Sureth → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
West Syriac script → scriptFamily → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Barwar dialect → writingSystem → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Orhay → writingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Serto script → subclassOf → Syriac alphabet ⓘ
Serto script → scriptFamily → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
Madnhaya script → scriptFamily → Syriac alphabet ⓘ