Serto
Language Information
Serto ("line") is the Western Syriac script. It is used by the Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, and Maronite churches in Syria, Lebanon, southeastern Turkey (especially the Tur Abdin region), and Iraq, and by the Syriac Christian communities of Kerala, India. It is also used by diaspora communities in Sweden, Germany, and the United States.
Serto developed from the older Estrangelo script and became the standard western form by about the 8th century. It is more cursive and compact than Estrangelo, and its vowels are usually written as small Greek letters placed above or below the consonants. It is used to write classical Syriac and the modern Neo-Aramaic language Turoyo.
Serto developed from the older Estrangelo script and became the standard western form by about the 8th century. It is more cursive and compact than Estrangelo, and its vowels are usually written as small Greek letters placed above or below the consonants. It is used to write classical Syriac and the modern Neo-Aramaic language Turoyo.
- Language Family
- Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic)
- Subgroup
- Semitic
- Branch
- Aramaic