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Syriac alphabet

The Syriac alphabet (ܐܠܦ ܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ʾālep̄ bêṯ Sūryāyā) is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century. It is one of the Semitic abjads descending from the Aramaic alphabet through the Palmyrene alphabet, and shares similarities with the Phoenician, Hebrew, Arabic and Sogdian, the precursor and a direct ancestor of…

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Letter alterations

Matres lectionisʾālep̄Glottal stopWawYōḏ
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Latin alphabet and romanization

1920s1930sCyrillicLatin alphabetsUrmi
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Alphabet forms

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Overview

Writing systemSyriac language1st centurySemitic languagesAbjads
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Child systems
Sogdian Old Turkic Old Hungarian Old Uyghur Mongolian · Old Turkic Old Hungarian · Old Hungarian · Old Uyghur Mongolian · Mongolian
Direction
Right-to-left script
ISO 15924
Syre, 138 (ʾEsṭrangēlā variant) · Syrj, 137 (Western variant) · Syrn, 136 (Eastern variant)
Languages
Aramaic (Classical Syriac, Western Neo-Aramaic, Sureth, Turoyo, Christian Palestinian Aramaic), Arabic (Garshuni), Malayalam (Karshoni), Sogdian
Parent systems
Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet · PhoenicianAramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet · AramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet · PalmyreneSyriac alphabet · Syriac alphabet
Period
c. 1st century CE – present

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Syriac alphabet

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Triples49
Avg. degree1.98
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Syriac alphabet

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related to External links · 16
Syriac alphabet → Ancientscripts, Aramaic, Archived, Entity Codes, GNU FreeFont Unicode, Learn Assyrian, Learn Syriac Latin Alphabet, Omniglot, OnLine Maḏnḥāyā, Syriac, Syriac ScriptMeltho Fonts, Syriac-Aramaic, SyriacHow, The Syriac, Wayback Machine, Wikiversity
related to Unicode · 6
Syriac alphabet → Additional, June, September, Suriyani Malayalam, The Syriac, Unicode Standard
Child systems · 5
Syriac alphabet → Mongolian, Old Hungarian, Old Turkic Old Hungarian, Old Uyghur Mongolian, Sogdian Old Turkic Old Hungarian Old Uyghur Mongolian
Parent systems · 5
Syriac alphabet → AramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet, PalmyreneSyriac alphabet, PhoenicianAramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet, Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet, Syriac alphabet
related to Alphabet forms · 4
Syriac alphabet → Maḏnḥāyā, Serṭā, Syriac, There
ISO 15924 · 3
Syriac alphabet → Syre, 138 (ʾEsṭrangēlā variant), Syrj, 137 (Western variant), Syrn, 136 (Eastern variant)
related to Summary table · 3
Syriac alphabet → The, The Syriac, When
Unicode range · 2
Syriac alphabet → U+0700–U+074F Syriac, U+0860–U+086F Syriac Supplement
Direction · 1
Syriac alphabet → Right-to-left script
Languages · 1
Syriac alphabet → Aramaic (Classical Syriac, Western Neo-Aramaic, Sureth, Turoyo, Christian Palestinian Aramaic), Arabic (Garshuni), Malayalam (Karshoni), Sogdian

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syriac alphabet letters script used letter also aramaic word called usually written ʾesṭrangēlā vowel represent western isbn hebrew syāmē eastern

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Syriac alphabetChild systemsSogdian Old Turkic Old Hungarian Old Uyghur Mongolian1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetChild systemsOld Turkic Old Hungarian1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetChild systemsOld Hungarian1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetChild systemsOld Uyghur Mongolian1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetChild systemsMongolian1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetDirectionRight-to-left script1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetISO 15924Syre, 138 (ʾEsṭrangēlā variant)1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetISO 15924Syrj, 137 (Western variant)1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetISO 15924Syrn, 136 (Eastern variant)1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetLanguagesAramaic (Classical Syriac, Western Neo-Aramaic, Sureth, Turoyo, Christian Palestinian Aramaic), Arabic (Garshuni), Malayalam (Karshoni), Sogdian1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetParent systemsProto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetParent systemsPhoenicianAramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetParent systemsAramaicPalmyreneSyriac alphabet1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetParent systemsPalmyreneSyriac alphabet1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetParent systemsSyriac alphabet1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetPeriodc. 1st century CE – present1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetScript typeImpure abjad1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetUnicode aliasSyriac1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetUnicode rangeU+0700–U+074F Syriac1.00infobox
Syriac alphabetUnicode rangeU+0860–U+086F Syriac Supplement1.00infobox

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