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
ⓘ
surface form:
Kerala, India
Mesopotamia ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Iraq
northwestern Iran ⓘ
surface form:
Northwestern Iran
Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern Turkey
|
| distinctFrom |
Estrangela script
ⓘ
West Syriac script ⓘ |
| hasDiacriticsFor |
pronunciation marks
ⓘ
vowel indication ⓘ |
| hasLetterForms |
final
ⓘ
initial ⓘ isolated ⓘ medial ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic orthography
Madnhaya ⓘ Swadaya ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Late Antiquity
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Syrc ⓘ |
| numberOfBasicLetters | 22 ⓘ |
| parentSystem |
Aramaic alphabet (historically)
ⓘ
surface form:
Aramaic script
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician script
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac script
|
| relatedTo |
Syriac
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Syriac language
|
| religiousContext |
Christian liturgy
ⓘ
Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Syriac Christian tradition
|
| scriptFamily |
Syriac alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac script
|
| scriptType | consonant-based abjad ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock | Syriac (U+0700–U+074F) ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Assyrian Church of the East
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Assyrians ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian people
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ Chaldeans ⓘ
surface form:
Chaldean people
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac Christians in India
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ |
| usedFor |
classical literature
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage |
Neo-Aramaic languages
ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac language
|
| 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.