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.

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Generate an image of East Syriac script (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 (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

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
Senaya → scriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
Nṣībīn → scriptVariant → East Syriac script ⓘ
Salamas Assyrian → scriptVariant → Eastern Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac script
Hakkari dialect → scriptVariant → Eastern Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac script
Tyari Assyrian → writingSystem → Syriac script, Eastern variant ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac script
Serṭo → contrastedWith → East Syriac script (Madnhaya) ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac script
Batnaya dialect → writingSystem → East Syriac script ⓘ