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 31
Syriac alphabet canonical 21
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 (53)

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