Adlam vs Thai
Writing system comparison · ISO Adlm vs ISO Thai
Adlam is a Living Right-to-left script from African (88 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Thai is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (86 Unicode characters) used by 7 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Adlam reads Right-to-left, while Thai reads Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Adlam | Thai |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Adlm | Thai |
| Direction | Right-to-left | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | African | Southeast Asian |
| Characters | 88 | 86 |
| Languages | 0 | 7 |
| Script Type | Alphabet | Abugida |
| Descended From | Arabic | Khmer |
| Total Speakers | — | ~60M |
| Introduced | 1958 CE | 1283 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+1E900–U+1E95F
|
U+0E01–U+0E5B
|
Only in Adlam
0 languages
None unique
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.