What direction does Adlam read?

Adlam reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Devanagari (Nagari) read?

Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Adlam have?

Adlam has 88 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Devanagari (Nagari) have?

Devanagari (Nagari) has character count data not available.

Adlam vs Devanagari (Nagari)

Writing system comparison · ISO Adlm vs ISO Deva

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

Adlam

𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥

Devanagari (Nagari)

नमस्ते दुनिया

देवनागरी

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Adlam	Devanagari (Nagari)
ISO Code	Adlm	Deva
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	South Asian
Characters	88	—
Languages	0	61
Script Type	Alphabet	Abugida
Descended From	Arabic	Brahmi
Total Speakers	—	~810M
Introduced	1958 CE	1200 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+1E900–U+1E95F