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Syriac Alphabet
SEER-ee-ak
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The Syriac alphabet is a Semitic abjad that has been used to write the Syriac language since about the first century CE. It descends from the Aramaic alphabet by way of the Palmyrene alphabet, and unlike its ancestor is written right to left in horizontal lines.
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DirectionalityWritten right to left in horizontal lines. 1 In Use Since (Year)In use from about the first century CE to the present. Cross-Tradition Connections
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By way of the Palmyrene alphabet, an intermediate Aramaic-derived form.
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