Writing Systems

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)inSyriac

arc·SyrcAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

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

Language
ISO 639-3arcStatusHistoricalScopeIndividualScripts used5
Also written in:
Hatran (Hatr)Nabataean (Nbat)Imperial Aramaic (Armi)Palmyrene (Palm)
Script
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-AramaicamwArabicaraBohtan 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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