Syriac

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alphabet gptkb:alphabet
gptkbp:classicalAuthors gptkb:Peshitta
gptkb:Hymns_of_Ephrem_the_Syrian
Syriac Bible
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic
gptkb:Chaldean_Neo-Aramaic
gptkb:Turoyo
gptkbp:hasLetter 22
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 1st century AD to present
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Syriac
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Persian_script
gptkb:Mandaic_script
gptkb:Old_Nubian_script
gptkb:Sogdian_script
Arabic script
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code syc
gptkbp:ISO639-3 syc
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Semitic_languages
gptkbp:liturgicalLanguageOf gptkb:Syriac_Christianity
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Bardaisan
gptkb:Ephrem_the_Syrian
gptkb:Jacob_of_Edessa
gptkb:Narsai
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Eastern_Syriac
gptkb:Western_Syriac
gptkbp:region gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:scriptVariants gptkb:Estrangela
gptkb:Serto
Madnhaya
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Aramaic_languages
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus endangered
gptkbp:unicodeBlock U+0700–U+074F
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Assyrians
gptkb:Chaldeans
gptkb:Maronites
gptkb:Saint_Thomas_Christians
gptkb:Syriac_Christians
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:historical_documents
liturgical purposes
classical literature
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Chaldean_Catholic_Church
gptkb:Syriac_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Syriac_script
right-to-left
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Divine_Liturgy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4