Pahlavi scripts

abjad-based writing systems used for Middle Iranian languages
Intangible writing_system Q1771716
Pahlavi scripts
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Pahlavi scripts

Summary

Pahlavi scripts is a writing system[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of writing_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (552 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pahlavi scripts's image is recorded as Shapur Kabe Zartosht Pahlavi scripts.png[3].
  • Pahlavi scripts's instance of is recorded as writing system[4].
  • Pahlavi scripts's instance of is recorded as abjad[5].
  • Pahlavi scripts's based on is recorded as Aramaic alphabet[6].
  • Pahlavi scripts's subclass of is recorded as natural writing system[7].
  • Pahlavi scripts's subclass of is recorded as alphabet[8].
  • Pahlavi scripts's subclass of is recorded as logographic writing system[9].
  • Pahlavi scripts's subclass of is recorded as abjad[10].
  • Pahlavi scripts's Commons category is recorded as Pahlavi writing[11].
  • Pahlavi scripts's has part is recorded as Inscriptional Pahlavi[12].
  • Pahlavi scripts's has part is recorded as Inscriptional Parthian[13].
  • Pahlavi scripts's has part is recorded as Psalter Pahlavi[14].
  • Pahlavi scripts's has part is recorded as Book Pahlavi[15].
  • Pahlavi scripts's has part is recorded as logogram[16].
  • Pahlavi scripts's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025skkp[17].
  • Pahlavi scripts's facet of is recorded as Middle Persian[18].
  • Pahlavi scripts's facet of is recorded as Parthian[19].
  • Pahlavi scripts's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Pahlavi-alphabet[20].

Why It Matters

Pahlavi scripts ranks in the top 10% of writing_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (552 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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