What direction does Adlam read?

Adlam reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Cyrillic read?

Cyrillic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Adlam have?

Adlam has 88 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Cyrillic have?

Cyrillic has 508 characters in Unicode.

Adlam vs Cyrillic

Writing system comparison · ISO Adlm vs ISO Cyrl

Adlam is a Living Right-to-left script from African (88 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Adlam reads Right-to-left, while Cyrillic reads Left-to-right.

Adlam

𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥

Cyrillic

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Adlam	Cyrillic
ISO Code	Adlm	Cyrl
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	European
Characters	88	508
Languages	0	61
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	Arabic	Greek
Total Speakers	—	~285.5M
Introduced	1958 CE	940 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+1E900–U+1E95F	U+0400–U+0489 U+048A–U+052F U+1C80–U+1C8A U+1D2B–U+1D78 U+2DE0–U+2DFF U+A640–U+A69F U+FE2E–U+FE2F U+1E030–U+1E08F