Old Permic script
E367600
Old Permic script is a medieval alphabet created in the 14th century by the missionary Stepan Khrap for writing the Komi language, and is one of the earliest native writing systems of the Uralic peoples.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Permic | 2 |
| Old Permic script canonical | 2 |
| Old Permic alphabet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3547605 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Permic script Context triple: [Permic languages, historicalWritingSystem, Old Permic script]
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A.
Geʽez script
The Geʽez script is an ancient abugida writing system originating in the Horn of Africa, primarily used for the Geʽez language and later adapted for several modern Ethiopian and Eritrean languages.
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B.
Sogdian alphabet
The Sogdian alphabet is an ancient Middle Iranian script used by the Sogdian people of Central Asia, notable for its role in transmitting religious and commercial texts along the Silk Road and for influencing later writing systems such as the Old Uyghur and Mongolian scripts.
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C.
Khojki script
The Khojki script is a historical writing system used primarily by the Nizari Ismaili community of South Asia to record religious and literary texts in languages such as Sindhi and Gujarati.
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D.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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E.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Permic script Target entity description: Old Permic script is a medieval alphabet created in the 14th century by the missionary Stepan Khrap for writing the Komi language, and is one of the earliest native writing systems of the Uralic peoples.
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A.
Geʽez script
The Geʽez script is an ancient abugida writing system originating in the Horn of Africa, primarily used for the Geʽez language and later adapted for several modern Ethiopian and Eritrean languages.
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B.
Sogdian alphabet
The Sogdian alphabet is an ancient Middle Iranian script used by the Sogdian people of Central Asia, notable for its role in transmitting religious and commercial texts along the Silk Road and for influencing later writing systems such as the Old Uyghur and Mongolian scripts.
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C.
Khojki script
The Khojki script is a historical writing system used primarily by the Nizari Ismaili community of South Asia to record religious and literary texts in languages such as Sindhi and Gujarati.
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D.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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E.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
historical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Christianization of the Komi ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Uralic cultural heritage ⓘ |
| creationDate | 14th century ⓘ |
| creator |
Saint Stephen of Perm
ⓘ
Stepan Khrap ⓘ |
| culturalSignificanceFor |
Komi people
ⓘ
linked to:
Komi
|
| developedInContextOf |
Orthodox Christian missions
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Orthodox missions
missionary activity ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| earliestUse | 14th century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Abur
ⓘ
Old Permic alphabet ⓘ
linked to:
Old Permic script
|
| hasApproximateNumberOfLetters | around 24 ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature |
letters often based on local Komi signs
ⓘ
unique letter shapes not derived directly from Greek or Cyrillic ⓘ |
| hasLettersFor |
consonants
ⓘ
vowels ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock |
Old Permic
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Permic script
|
| influencedBy |
Cyrillic script
ⓘ
Greek script ⓘ indigenous Komi marks ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Perm ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Perm ⓘ |
| oneOfTheEarliestWritingSystemsOf | Uralic peoples ⓘ |
| region |
Komi region
ⓘ
linked to:
Komi ASSR
Perm region ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | European medieval script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Uralic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| status |
historical
ⓘ
no longer in everyday use ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+10350–U+1037F ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Komi people
ⓘ
linked to:
Komi
|
| usedFor |
liturgical texts
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ translation of Christian texts ⓘ |
| usedIn | medieval Komi region ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor |
Komi language
ⓘ
Old Komi language ⓘ Uralic language ⓘ liturgical Komi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Old Permic script Description of subject: Old Permic script is a medieval alphabet created in the 14th century by the missionary Stepan Khrap for writing the Komi language, and is one of the earliest native writing systems of the Uralic peoples.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Old Permic script
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linked to: Old Permic script