Syriac

This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Syriac language using the Syriac script.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with syriac as the main language, with luatex.

\documentclass[syriac]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*,bidi=basic]{babel}

\babelfont{rm}[Renderer=Harfbuzz]{FreeSerif}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ

Today $=$ \today

\end{document}