The West Syriac Alphabet (Serto)

The West Syriac Alphabet

This discussion on his page is about Western Syriac (Serto), a cursive, streamlined script developed within West Syriac communities, including the Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, and Maronite traditions since the 8th - 9th century. This script is accompanied by a vocalization system utilizing Greek vowel signs placed above or below consonants. It became the primary script for church liturgy books and manuscripts produced in Western Syria, Southeastern Anatolia, and the Levant. It's also used in Iraq where these communities lived

Olaf

Beth

Gomal

Dolath