Syriac alphabet
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The Syriac alphabet is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century. It is one of the Semitic abjads descending from the Aramaic alphabet through the Palmyrene al
A 9th century ʾEsṭrangēlā manuscript of John Chrysostom's Homily on the Gospel of John.
A 17th century Maḏnḥāyā liturgical manuscript from the Vatican Library. Note the title written in ʾEsṭrangēlā.
A 16th century Sertā manuscript of the New Testament Epistle of James.
An example of Garshuni: a 16th-century Arabic-language manuscript written in the Syriac Serṭā script.
Aramaic alphabet
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The ancient Aramaic alphabet was used to write the Aramaic languages spoken by ancient Aramean pre-Christian peoples throughout the Fertile Crescent. It was also adopted by other peoples as their own
Syriac alphabet
…bêṯ Sūryāyā) is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century. It is one of the Semitic abjads descending from the Aramaic alphabet through the Palmyrene alphabet, and shares similarities with the Phoenician, Hebrew, Arabic and Sogdian, the precursor and a direct ancestor of the…
Aramaic inscription from Tayma, containing a dedicatory inscription to the god Salm
The Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription, a Greek and Aramaic inscription by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka at Kandahar, Afghanistan, 3rd century BC
Aramaic inscription of Taxila, Pakistan probably by the emperor Ashoka around 260 BCE