What direction does Adlam read?

Adlam reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Adlam have?

Adlam has 88 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

Adlam vs Arabic

Writing system comparison · ISO Adlm vs ISO Arab

Adlam is a Living Right-to-left script from African (88 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Adlam

𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Adlam	Arabic
ISO Code	Adlm	Arab
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	Middle Eastern
Characters	88	1,413
Languages	0	60
Script Type	Alphabet	Abjad
Descended From	Arabic	Nabataean
Total Speakers	—	~291M
Introduced	1958 CE	400 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+1E900–U+1E95F	U+0600–U+06FF U+0750–U+077F U+0870–U+089F U+08A0–U+08FF U+FB50–U+FDFF U+FE70–U+FEFC U+10E60–U+10E7E U+10EC2–U+10EFF U+1EE00–U+1EEF1