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Western Syriac script

variant of the Syriac script, also known as “Serto”
Class type of: Syriac alphabet Q12057990

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
abjad, natural writing system, unicase alphabet[3][4]
Inception
1[16]
Language of work or name
Aramaic, Syriac, Western Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Malayalam, Arabic, Sogdian[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Based on
Imperial Aramaic alphabet[6]
Subclass of
Syriac alphabet
Name
Syriac (Western variant), syriaque (variante occidentale)[19][20]
Named after
Syria[5]
Native label
ܣܶܪܛܳܐ[18]
Script directionality
right-to-left[17]
Unicode range
U+0700-074F, U+0860-086F[21][22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Serṭo en Syrj en Western Syriac abjad en Western Syriac script en Serṭā ar حروف سريانية غربية ar خط سرياني غربي ar سرطو cs Syrské písmo (západní varianta) fr abjad syriaque occidental fr alphabet syriaque occidental fr écriture syriaque occidentale fr serto tr Batı Süryani alfabesi
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Syriac Sertâ book script.jpg ↗
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID
Baldissero d'Alba
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12214k5z
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Syrj
ISO 15924 numeric code
137

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Summary

Western Syriac script is an abjad[1]. It is a type of Syriac alphabet[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. 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. 4w ago · PresentlySuraye3 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → abjad, natural writing system, unicase alphabet
    Language of work or name → Aramaic, Syriac, Western Neo-Aramaic +1
    Subclass of → Syriac alphabet
    Commons category → Serto
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Removed claim: Language of work or name: Chaldean Neo-Aramaic"
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