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Syriac Scripts

Three hands of one alphabet: Estrangelo, the stately book hand of the early Peshitta manuscripts; Serto, the Western cursive; and Madnhaya, the Eastern hand.

Languages Written in This Script

Liturgical only Syriac The Aramaic dialect of Edessa: language of the Peshitta and of Syriac Christianity, still prayed in its churches. Afroasiatic

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