Syriac

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Aramaic language ⓘ
classical language ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
developedFrom Old Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
era Middle Aramaic period ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
firstAttested 1st century CE ⓘ
floruit 4th century CE ⓘ
5th century CE ⓘ
6th century CE ⓘ
hasDialect Eastern Syriac ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac script

Western Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
importantAuthor Aphrahat ⓘ
Ephrem the Syrian ⓘ
Jacob of Serugh ⓘ
Narsai ⓘ
importantTextualTradition Peshitta ⓘ
influenced Arabic literature ⓘ
Armenian Christian literature ⓘ
Christian Arabic ⓘ
Georgian Christian literature ⓘ
ISO639-2Code syc ⓘ
ISO639-3Code syc ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
Semitic ⓘ
liturgicalLanguageOf Ancient Church of the East ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Maronite Church ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
region Edessa ⓘ
Northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Osroene ⓘ
linked to: Edessa

Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Syriac Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Rite
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
standardForm Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
status classical liturgical language ⓘ
no longer a vernacular in its classical form ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Aramaic language ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ
usedFor biblical translation ⓘ
hymnography ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
patristic writings ⓘ
theological literature ⓘ
usedIn Ancient Church of the East ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Church of the East ⓘ
Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Maronite Church ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Rite

Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
writingSystem Syriac alphabet ⓘ
writingSystemUnicodeBlock Syriac (U+0700–U+074F) ⓘ
writingSystemVariant East Syriac script ⓘ
Estrangela script ⓘ
West Syriac script ⓘ

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Church Fathers → language → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac → era → Middle Aramaic period ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Syriac → standardForm → Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Syriac → hasDialect → Western Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Assyrians → liturgicalLanguage → Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Syriac Rite → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Syriac language ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Semitic languages → hasWritingSystem → Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Semitic languages → usedIn → Syriac Christian literature ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Aramaic → hasDialects → Syriac ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church → languageOfTheology → Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Jacob of Serugh → language → Syriac ⓘ
Narsai → language → Syriac ⓘ
East Syriac script → usedForLanguage → Syriac language ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
East Syriac script → relatedTo → Classical Syriac language ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Sūrāyē → usedInDialect → Syriac ⓘ
Fenqitho → language → Syriac ⓘ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → ancestorLanguage → Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Estrangela script → writingSystemOf → Syriac language ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Estrangela script → region → Syriac-speaking world ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Estrangela script → writingSystemScope → classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Peshitta → language → Syriac ⓘ
Desert Mothers → language → Syriac ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → historicalAncestor → Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Hudra → language → Syriac ⓘ
Eastern Christianity → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
Manichaeism → language → Syriac ⓘ