East Syriac script
E47809
East Syriac script is a cursive Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language in Eastern Christian traditions, notably by the Assyrian Church of the East and related communities.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Syriac script canonical | 9 |
| Syriac alphabet | 5 |
| Eastern Syriac script | 4 |
| Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script | 2 |
| Syriac Eastern script | 2 |
| Eastern Syriac | 1 |
| Madnhāyā (Eastern Syriac) script | 1 |
| Syriac Yod | 1 |
| Syriac letter Dalath | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T366813 — 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.
Target entity: East Syriac script Context triple: [Syriac, writingSystemVariant, East Syriac script]
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A.
Coptic script
Coptic script is an alphabetic writing system used primarily by Egyptian Christians to write the Coptic language, derived largely from the Greek alphabet with additional characters from Demotic Egyptian.
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B.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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C.
Syriac
Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that became a major literary and liturgical language of early Eastern Christianity and the Syriac Church tradition.
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D.
Nabataean alphabet
The Nabataean alphabet is an ancient Northwest Semitic script used by the Nabataean kingdom, which evolved from the Phoenician writing system and later gave rise to the early Arabic script.
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E.
Glagolitic script
Glagolitic script is the oldest known Slavic alphabet, created in the 9th century by Saints Cyril and Methodius for the translation of Christian texts into Old Church Slavonic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: East Syriac script Target entity description: East Syriac script is a cursive Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language in Eastern Christian traditions, notably by the Assyrian Church of the East and related communities.
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A.
Coptic script
Coptic script is an alphabetic writing system used primarily by Egyptian Christians to write the Coptic language, derived largely from the Greek alphabet with additional characters from Demotic Egyptian.
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B.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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C.
Syriac
Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that became a major literary and liturgical language of early Eastern Christianity and the Syriac Church tradition.
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D.
Nabataean alphabet
The Nabataean alphabet is an ancient Northwest Semitic script used by the Nabataean kingdom, which evolved from the Phoenician writing system and later gave rise to the early Arabic script.
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E.
Glagolitic script
Glagolitic script is the oldest known Slavic alphabet, created in the 9th century by Saints Cyril and Methodius for the translation of Christian texts into Old Church Slavonic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Semitic script
ⓘ
Syriac script variant ⓘ abjad ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Kerala, India
ⓘ
linked to:
Kerala
Mesopotamia ⓘ Northern Iraq ⓘ
linked to:
northern Iraq
Northwestern Iran ⓘ
linked to:
northwestern Iran
Southeastern Turkey ⓘ
linked to:
Southeastern Anatolia Region
|
| distinctFrom |
Estrangela script
ⓘ
West Syriac script ⓘ |
| hasDiacriticsFor |
pronunciation marks
ⓘ
vowel indication ⓘ |
| hasLetterForms |
final
ⓘ
initial ⓘ isolated ⓘ medial ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic orthography
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Madnhaya ⓘ Swadaya ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Late Antiquity
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Syrc ⓘ |
| numberOfBasicLetters | 22 ⓘ |
| parentSystem |
Aramaic script
ⓘ
linked to:
Aramaic alphabet (historically)
Phoenician script ⓘ
linked to:
Phoenician alphabet
Syriac script ⓘ
linked to:
Syriac alphabet
|
| relatedTo |
Classical Syriac language
ⓘ
linked to:
Syriac
|
| religiousContext |
Christian liturgy
ⓘ
Eastern Syriac Christian tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Syriac Rite
|
| scriptFamily |
Syriac script
ⓘ
linked to:
Syriac alphabet
|
| scriptType | consonant-based abjad ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock | Syriac (U+0700–U+074F) ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Ancient Church of the East
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrian Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Assyrian people ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrians
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ Chaldean people ⓘ
linked to:
Chaldeans
Syriac Christians in India ⓘ
linked to:
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ |
| usedFor |
classical literature
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage |
Neo-Aramaic languages
ⓘ
Syriac language ⓘ
linked to:
Syriac
|
| usedIn |
Syriac biblical manuscripts
ⓘ
Syriac liturgical books ⓘ Syriac theological literature ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingStyle | cursive ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus |
classical
ⓘ
liturgical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: East Syriac script Description of subject: East Syriac script is a cursive Semitic writing system used primarily for the Syriac language in Eastern Christian traditions, notably by the Assyrian Church of the East and related communities.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.