What direction does Adlam read?

Adlam reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Adlam have?

Adlam has 88 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

Adlam vs Latin

Writing system comparison · ISO Adlm vs ISO Latn

Adlam is a Living Right-to-left script from African (88 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Adlam reads Right-to-left, while Latin reads Left-to-right.

Adlam

𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥

Latin

Hello World

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Adlam	Latin
ISO Code	Adlm	Latn
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	European
Characters	88	1,492
Languages	0	515
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	Arabic	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	—	~2.2B
Introduced	1958 CE	700 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+1E900–U+1E95F	U+0041–U+007A U+00AA–U+00F6 U+00F8–U+01BA U+01BB–U+01C3 U+01C4–U+0293 U+0294–U+02AF U+02B0–U+02E4 U+1D00–U+1D77 U+1D79–U+1D9A U+1D9B–U+1DBE U+1E00–U+1EFF U+2071–U+209C U+212A–U+214E U+2160–U+2188 U+2C60–U+2C7F U+A722–U+A7FF U+AB30–U+AB69 U+FB00–U+FB06 U+FF21–U+FF5A U+10780–U+107BA U+1DF00–U+1DF2A