WritingScript

Sets of graphic characters used for writing languages.

Entity["WritingScript",name] or

represents an entity of type "WritingScript".

[prop]

gives the value of a specified property.

[{prop_i,…}]

gives the value of a list of properties.

EntityClass["WritingScript",{prop_ispec_i,…}]

represents a class of entities with values of prop_i defined by spec_i.

Sample Entities

Sample Entity Classes

Properties

	AlternateNames	alternate names
	Baseline	baseline
	CaseQ	case
	ComplexPositioningQ	complex positioning
	ContextualFormsQ	contextual forms
	DiacriticsQ	diacritics
	EntityClasses	entity classes
	EntityTypeList	entity type list
	ISO15924Code	ISO 15924 four‐letter code
	ISO15924CodeNumeric	ISO 15924 numeric code
	ISO15924Group	ISO 15924 group
	ISO15924Name	ISO 15924 name
	Ligatures	ligatures
	Name	name
	ReorderingQ	reordering required
	SplitGraphsQ	split graphs
	Status	status
	Type	type
	UnicodeAlias	Unicode alias
	WhiteSpace	white space
	WritingDirection	writing direction

Details

"WritingScript" entities include writing systems such as "Latin" and "Cyrillic" that comprise sets of symbols that are used for the written forms of various languages.
"WritingScript" entity classes include collections of scripts grouped by writing direction, type, status and other characteristics.
Some properties are available for the "WritingScript" entity type as a whole and can be given using the form EntityValue["WritingScript",property]. Such properties include:

	"Properties"	the list of available properties
	"PropertyCanonicalNames"	the standard names of available properties
	"SampleEntities"	a sample list of available entities (typically of length 10)
	"SampleEntityClasses"	a sample list of available entity classes (typically of length 10)
	"EntityCount"	number of entities available
	"Entities"	the list of available entities
	"EntityCanonicalNames"	the standard names of available entities
	"EntityClasses"	the list of available entity classes
	"EntityClassCanonicalNames"	the standard names of available entity classes
	"PropertyClasses"	the list of available property classes
	"PropertyClassCanonicalNames"	the standard names of available property classes
	"PropertyCount"	number of properties available

The following annotations can be used in the third argument of EntityValue["WritingScript",property,annotation]:

	"Source"	source information for the property
	"Date"	the date associated with the entity-property value (if any)
	"EntityAssociation"	an association of entities and entity-property values
	"PropertyAssociation"	an association of properties and entity-property values
	"EntityPropertyAssociation"	an association in which the specified entities are keys, and values are a nested association of properties and entity-property values
	"PropertyEntityAssociation"	an association in which the specified properties are keys, and values are a nested association of entities and entity-property values
	"Dataset"	a dataset in which the specified entities are keys, and values are an association of property names and entity-property values

The following annotations can be used in the second argument of EntityValue[property,annotation]:

	"Qualifiers"	the list of possible qualifiers for the property
	"QualifierValues"	the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier
	"DefaultQualifierValues"	the list of default values for the property's qualifiers
	"Description"	a brief textual description of the property
	"Definition"	a detailed textual definition of the property
	"PhysicalQuantity"	the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value
	"Unit"	the unit associated with the entity-property value

A qualifier value of Automatic indicates that an applicable format of values can be used; e.g. for the "Date" qualifier, this includes a proper date or date span.

Examples

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Basic Examples (4)

Use for entity discovery:

Find a property value for an entity:

Retrieve a dataset of all available properties for an entity:

Find all writing scripts that lack uppercase or lowercase characters:

Scope (1)

Implicit Entity Classes (1)

Look up writing scripts using implicit entity class syntax and "ISO15924" entities:

Show countries with the largest number of speakers for languages using those scripts:

Find historical writing scripts written vertically and right to left, using implicit entity class syntax with "WritingScriptStatus" and "WritingDirection" entities:

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