Syriac

Summary

Syriac is a natural language^[1]. Syriac ranks in the top 8% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,977 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Syriac's religion is recorded as Chaldean Catholic Church^[3].
• Syriac's religion is recorded as Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church^[4].
• Syriac's religion is recorded as Ancient Church of the East^[5].
• Syriac's religion is recorded as Assyrian Pentecostal Church^[6].
• Syriac is in the country of Turkey^[7].
• Syriac's instance of is recorded as natural language^[8].
• Syriac's instance of is recorded as sacred language^[9].
• Syriac's instance of is recorded as historical language^[10].
• Syriac is a type of Aramaic^[11].
• Syriac's writing system is recorded as Syriac alphabet^[12].
• Syriac's writing system is recorded as Estrangela^[13].
• Syriac's Commons category is recorded as Syriac language^[14].
• Syriac's Wikimedia language code is recorded as syc^[15].
• Syriac's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.05, 'lon': 41.25}^[16].
• Syriac's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Syriac language^[17].
• Syriac's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+575000'}^[18].
• Syriac's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[19].
• Syriac's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Syriac's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Syriac's topic has template is recorded as Q104771328^[22].
• Syriac's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'syc', 'text': 'ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ'}^[23].
• Syriac's different from is recorded as Syrian Arabic^[24].
• Syriac's indigenous to is recorded as Şanlıurfa Province^[25].
• Syriac's studied by is recorded as Syriac studies^[26].
• Syriac's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SYC^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[8], sacred language^[9], and historical language^[10]. Syriac is a type of Aramaic^[11].

Why It Matters

Syriac ranks in the top 8% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,977 views/month).^[2] Syriac has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Syriac is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]