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Syriac Alphabet

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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.

Facts
Script Type
Abjad 1
Directionality
Written right to left in horizontal lines. 1
In Use Since (Year)
from 1 1
In use from about the first century CE to the present.
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Ancestor Of

Descends From

By way of the Palmyrene alphabet, an intermediate Aramaic-derived form.

Script Of

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Syriac Alphabet
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Syriac is written from right to left in horizontal lines.
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1. Wikipedia: Syriac Alphabet
Infobox
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c. 1st century CE - present
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Wikipedia: Classical Syriac Language
WikipediaScript Of: Syriac, Writing system sectionView the Source
Wikipedia: Sogdian Alphabet
WikipediaAncestor Of: Sogdian Script
Quote, Ancestor Of: Sogdian Script
Egyptian hieroglyphs > Proto-Sinaitic > Phoenician > Aramaic > Syriac > Sogdian
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