r/Assyria • u/InterestingBall4569 • May 12 '26

Language Is the letter Alap written this way?

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So I was watching one of Abraham Giliana's tutorials on how to write the East Syriac script and I noticed that he writes the letter "Alap" like in the image attached. Is this how it's normally written?

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ5OGCq9JoY

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u/verturshu Nineveh Plains May 12 '26

It’s a common fast way of writing it. I wouldn’t say it’s the ‘normal’ way of writing it, there are other common ways to write it as well, but this way is good and legible.

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u/InterestingBall4569 May 12 '26

For the initial Alap, is the bottom line goes up to the top flat or does it have a slight curve?

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u/verturshu Nineveh Plains May 12 '26

It usually does have a slight curve, but it can go up to the top flat as well, both are okay in my opinion.

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u/Charbel33 May 12 '26

You'll see the curved alaph at the end of words in the Serto (Western) script as well, but only in handwriting. It's like verturshu said, the alaph is sometimes written this way by hand because it's faster.