Syriac

Info · Characters

The Syriac Unicode block contains the essential characters for writing Classical Syriac, as well as Neo-Aramaic and other dialects, supporting both historical research and living communities.
Syriac
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Code (Short Name / Abbr)
Syriac
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Long Name
77
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Number of Characters

Syriac is a Unicode block containing characters for all forms of the Syriac alphabet, including the Estrangela, Serto, Eastern Syriac, and the Christian Palestinian Aramaic variants. It is used in Literary Syriac, Neo-Aramaic, and Arabic among Syriac-speaking Christians. It was used historically to write Armenian, Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Malayalam. Additional Syriac letters used for writing the Malayalam language are encoded in the Syriac Supplement block.

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