Syriac
E7978
Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that became a major literary and liturgical language of early Eastern Christianity and the Syriac Church tradition.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Syriac canonical | 83 |
| Classical Syriac | 29 |
| Syriac language | 12 |
| Classical Syriac language | 1 |
| Iraqi Koine Sureth | 1 |
| Middle Aramaic period | 1 |
| Syriac Christian literature | 1 |
| Syriac poetry | 1 |
| Syriac script | 1 |
| Syriac-speaking Near East | 1 |
| Syriac-speaking world | 1 |
| Western Syriac | 1 |
| classical Syriac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94213 — 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: Syriac Context triple: [Church Fathers, language, Syriac]
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A.
Hebrew
Hebrew is an ancient Northwest Semitic language that became the liturgical and historical language of the Jewish people and was later revived as the modern spoken language of the State of Israel.
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B.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
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C.
Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
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D.
Tocharian languages
The Tocharian languages were an extinct branch of the Indo-European family once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia, known from early medieval manuscripts and notable for their archaic linguistic features.
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E.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Syriac Target entity description: 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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A.
Hebrew
Hebrew is an ancient Northwest Semitic language that became the liturgical and historical language of the Jewish people and was later revived as the modern spoken language of the State of Israel.
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B.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
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C.
Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
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D.
Tocharian languages
The Tocharian languages were an extinct branch of the Indo-European family once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia, known from early medieval manuscripts and notable for their archaic linguistic features.
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E.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Aramaic language
ⓘ
classical language ⓘ dialect ⓘ literary language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Aramaic
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Aramaic
|
| era |
Syriac
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Aramaic period
|
| firstAttested | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| floruit |
4th century CE
ⓘ
5th century CE ⓘ 6th century CE ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
East Syriac script
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Syriac
Syriac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western 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 |
Assyrian Church of the East
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ Maronite Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| region |
Edessa
ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Mesopotamia
Edessa ⓘ
surface form:
Osroene
Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Mesopotamia
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac Christianity
|
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| standardForm |
Syriac
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical 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 |
Assyrian Church of the East
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form:
Church of the East
Eastern Christianity ⓘ Maronite Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac Christianity
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Aramaic alphabet (historically)
ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac alphabet
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| writingSystemUnicodeBlock | Syriac (U+0700–U+074F) ⓘ |
| writingSystemVariant |
East Syriac script
ⓘ
Estrangela script ⓘ West Syriac script ⓘ |
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Subject: Syriac Description of subject: Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that became a major literary and liturgical language of early Eastern Christianity and the Syriac Church tradition.
Referenced by (134)
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