Syriac

dialect of Middle Aramaic
Intangible natural_language Q33538
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Syriac

Summary

Syriac is a natural language[1]. Syriac ranks in the top 8% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,389 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Syriac is in the country of Turkey[3].
  • Syriac's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Syriac's instance of is recorded as sacred language[5].
  • Syriac's instance of is recorded as historical language[6].
  • Syriac is a type of Aramaic[7].
  • Syriac's writing system is recorded as Syriac alphabet[8].
  • Syriac's writing system is recorded as Estrangela[9].
  • Syriac's Commons category is recorded as Syriac language[10].
  • Syriac's Wikimedia language code is recorded as syc[11].
  • Syriac's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 37.05, 'longitude': 41.25}[12].
  • Syriac's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Syriac language[13].
  • Syriac's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+575000'}[14].
  • Syriac's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[15].
  • Syriac's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Syriac's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Syriac's topic has template is recorded as Q104771328[18].
  • Syriac's native label is recorded as ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ[19].
  • Syriac's different from is recorded as Syrian Arabic[20].
  • Syriac's indigenous to is recorded as Şanlıurfa Province[21].
  • Syriac's studied by is recorded as Syriac studies[22].
  • Syriac's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SYC[23].
  • Syriac's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 9 Second language only[24].
  • Syriac's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • Syriac's has grammatical gender is recorded as masculine[26].
  • Syriac's has grammatical gender is recorded as feminine[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4], sacred language[5], and historical language[6]. Syriac is a type of Aramaic[7].

Why It Matters

Syriac ranks in the top 8% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,389 views/month).[2] Syriac has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Syriac is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cathopedia article id → Lingua_siriaca
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12288]]: Lingua_siriaca"
  2. 10w ago · Infovarius · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religion or worldview → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P140]]: [[Q80292]], language doesn't belong to religion"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004234-syrstina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004234-syrstina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Syrian Arabic
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 37.05, 'longitude': 41.25}
    Country → —
    Topic has template → Q104771328
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26288, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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