hasWritingDirection
P2264
predicate
Indicates the direction in which writing or text is read or written for a given script, language, or text system.
All labels observed (36)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| writingDirection | 723 |
| hasDirectionality | 61 |
| directionOfWriting | 52 |
| hasWritingDirection canonical | 51 |
| writingSystemDirection | 12 |
| readingDirection | 8 |
| writingMode | 7 |
| writingDirectionOfName | 4 |
| writingOrientation | 4 |
| historicalWritingDirection | 3 |
| usesScriptDirection | 3 |
| associatedWritingDirection | 2 |
| typicalWritingDirection | 2 |
| writingDirectionCategory | 2 |
| writingDirectionContext | 2 |
| writingDirectionDetail | 2 |
| writingDirectionType | 2 |
| writingDirectionVariants | 2 |
| writingDirectionality | 2 |
| 书写方向 | 2 |
| belongsToWritingDirection | 1 |
| directionalityInUnicode | 1 |
| earlierWritingDirection | 1 |
| hasCharacterOrientation | 1 |
| hasHistoricalWritingDirection | 1 |
| isWrittenDirection | 1 |
| isWrittenInDirection | 1 |
| primaryWritingDirection | 1 |
| textDirection | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfInsignia | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfOriginLanguage | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfPrimaryScript | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfScript | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfSymbol | 1 |
| writingDirectionOfTextElement | 1 |
| اتجاه_الكتابة | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: hasWritingDirection
Generated description
Indicates the direction in which writing or text is read or written for a given script, language, or text system.
Sample triples (962)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Spanish | left-to-right ⓘ |
| Old Italic script | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Old Italic script | right-to-left and boustrophedon in some inscriptions via predicate surface "writingDirectionVariants" ⓘ |
| Vietnamese alphabet | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Arabic | right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
| Kanji | horizontal left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Kanji | vertical top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Danish language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Finnish language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Turkish language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Russian language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Punjabi language | left-to-right in Gurmukhi via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Punjabi language | right-to-left in Shahmukhi via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Persian language | right-to-left ⓘ |
| Italian language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Polish language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Cyrillic script | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Quechua | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Sanskrit | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Hiragana | horizontal left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Hiragana | vertical top-to-bottom via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Hebrew | right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
| Perso-Arabic script | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Japanese | left-to-right ⓘ |
| Japanese | top-to-bottom ⓘ |
| Norwegian language | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Phoenician alphabet | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Hindi | left-to-right ⓘ |
| Telugu | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Catalan | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Baybayin | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Baybayin | horizontal via predicate surface "hasDirectionality" ⓘ |
| Modern Greek | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
|
Urdu
linked to:
Urdu language
|
right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
|
Urdu
linked to:
Urdu language
|
horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Devanagari script | horizontal via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Tamil | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Venetic language | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Venetic language | boustrophedon (in some inscriptions) via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Nuskhuri | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Khmer | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Ogham script | bottom-to-top on stones via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Ogham script | left-to-right in manuscript transcriptions via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Hausa | left-to-right (Latin script) via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Hausa | right-to-left (Ajami script) via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Kufic script | right-to-left via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Gulf Arabic | right-to-left via predicate surface "directionOfWriting" ⓘ |
| Papiamento | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Maithili | left-to-right via predicate surface "writingDirection" ⓘ |
| Sinhala | left-to-right ⓘ |