ArabicinSyriac

ara·SyrcAbjadRTLSingle-source attestation (AUX)

GlotScript records this relationship through single-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language

Arabic

ISO 639-3araStatusLivingScopeMacrolanguageScripts used6

Also written in:

Arabic (Arab)Latin (Latn)Hebrew (Hebr)Greek (Grek)Braille (Brai)

Script

Syriac

ISO 15924SyrcFamilySemitic / AramaicOriginMiddle EastDirectionRight-to-leftStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagsyrc

Used for Classical Syriac and modern Aramaic dialects (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo, etc.). Three main calligraphic styles: Estrangelo, Serto, and East Syriac. Written right-to-left.

Other languages using Syriac

Assyrian Neo-AramaicaiiWestern Neo-AramaicamwOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)arcBohtan Neo-AramaicbhnBarzani Jewish Neo-AramaicbjfHértevinhrtKoy Sanjaq SuratkqdMlahsölhsMalayalammalOld Aramaic (up to 700 BCE)oarSamaritan AramaicsamSogdiansogClassical SyriacsycSenayasynSyriacsyrJewish Babylonian Aramaic (ca. 200-1200 CE)tmrTuroyotru

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