Syrc

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Syrc is the ISO 15924 four-letter code that designates the Syriac script used for writing various dialects of the Syriac language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Syrc canonical 2

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO 15924 script code
script code
appliesToUnicodeBlock Syriac Unicode block
associatedWithLanguageFamily Aramaic languages
linked to: Aramaic
associatedWithRegion Mesopotamia
Middle East
associatedWithReligion Christianity
codeCategory historic script
codeLength 4 letters
designates Syriac script
linked to: Syriac alphabet
hasScriptName Syriac script
linked to: Syriac alphabet
hasScriptVariants Eastern Syriac
linked to: East Syriac rite

Estrangela
Western Syriac
linked to: West Syriac script
partOf ISO 15924 standard
relatedStandard Unicode
scriptFamily Semitic scripts
scriptType alphabet
standardizedBy International Organization for Standardization
standardNumber ISO 15924
usedFor liturgical texts
religious manuscripts
usedForWriting Syriac language
linked to: Syriac

various dialects of the Syriac language
usedHistoricallyFor Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
usedInComputing font and rendering selection
locale data
script identification
writingDirection right-to-left

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