East Syriac script

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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)

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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
distinctFrom Estrangela script
West Syriac script
hasDiacriticsFor pronunciation marks
vowel indication
hasLetterForms final
initial
isolated
medial
hasVariant Assyrian Neo-Aramaic orthography
Madnhaya
Swadaya
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
Middle Ages
ISO15924Code Syrc
numberOfBasicLetters 22
parentSystem Aramaic script
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
Assyrian Church of the East
Assyrian people
linked to: Assyrians

Chaldean Catholic Church
Chaldean people
linked to: Chaldeans

Syriac Christians in India
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

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Referenced by (26)

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

Syriac writingSystemVariant East Syriac script
Syriac hasDialect Eastern Syriac
linked to: East Syriac script
Assyrians script Syriac alphabet
linked to: East Syriac script
Aramaic hasWritingSystem Syriac alphabet
linked to: East Syriac script
Northwest Semitic writingSystem Syriac alphabet
linked to: East Syriac script
Nabataean alphabet relatedTo Syriac alphabet
linked to: East Syriac script
Aramaic alphabet ancestorOf Syriac alphabet
subject linked to: Aramaic alphabet (historically)
linked to: East Syriac script
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic scriptVariant Madnhāyā (Eastern Syriac) script
linked to: East Syriac script
Estrangela script hasDerivative East Syriac script
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic writingSystem East Syriac script
Dalet relatedTo Syriac letter Dalath
linked to: East Syriac script
Syriac alphabet hasVariant East Syriac script
Syriacs usesScript East Syriac script
Swadaya writingSystem East Syriac script
Swadaya scriptVariant Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script
linked to: East Syriac script
Urmia dialect scriptVariant Eastern Syriac script
linked to: East Syriac script
Tyari dialect scriptVariant Syriac Eastern script
linked to: East Syriac script
Gawar dialect scriptVariant Eastern Syriac script
linked to: East Syriac script
Qochanis dialect writingSystemVariant Eastern Syriac script
linked to: East Syriac script
Suret primaryScriptVariant Eastern Syriac script
linked to: East Syriac script
Sureth primaryScriptVariant Syriac Eastern script
linked to: East Syriac script
West Syriac script relatedScript East Syriac script
Serto script relatedTo Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script
linked to: East Syriac script
Alqosh dialect writingSystem East Syriac script
East Syriac rite scriptVariant East Syriac script
Phoenician Yodh ancestorOf Syriac Yod
linked to: East Syriac script