Syriac alphabet

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Syriac_alphabet

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:alphabet
gptkbp:derivedFrom	gptkb:Aramaic_alphabet
gptkbp:directionA	right-to-left
gptkbp:family	Abjad
gptkbp:hasDiacritics	yes
gptkbp:hasFinalForms	yes
gptkbp:hasInitialForms	yes
gptkbp:hasLetter	22 yes
gptkbp:hasLigatures	yes
gptkbp:hasMedialForms	yes
gptkbp:hasVariant	gptkb:East_Syriac_(Madnhaya) gptkb:Estrangela gptkb:Serto
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Syriac alphabet
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Arabic_alphabet gptkb:Mandaic_alphabet gptkb:Old_Nubian_alphabet gptkb:Sogdian_alphabet
gptkbp:ISO15924	gptkb:Syrc
gptkbp:parentBody	Phoenician alphabet
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:system	gptkb:Arabic_alphabet gptkb:Mandaic_alphabet gptkb:Nabataean_alphabet
gptkbp:unicodeBlock	U+0700–U+074F
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Assyrians gptkb:Chaldeans gptkb:Maronites gptkb:Syriac_Christians
gptkbp:usedFor	Christian theological works Syriac calligraphy Syriac liturgy Syriac poetry biblical manuscripts liturgical texts writing Classical Syriac writing Garshuni writing Neo-Aramaic languages writing Syriac language
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Ottoman_Empire gptkb:Persian_Empire gptkb:Byzantine_Empire gptkb:Mesopotamia gptkb:ancient_Edessa
gptkbp:usedUntil	1st century AD
gptkbp:writingSystem	consonantal alphabet right-to-left
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Hebrew_alphabet gptkb:Arabic_alphabet gptkb:Assyrian gptkb:Chaldean_Neo-Aramaic gptkb:Bohtan_Neo-Aramaic
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5