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
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

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

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