What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Avestan read?

Avestan reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Avestan have?

Avestan has 61 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Avestan

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Avst

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Avestan is a Liturgical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (61 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Avestan

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Avestan
ISO Code	Arab	Avst
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Liturgical
Region	Middle Eastern	Middle Eastern
Characters	1,413	61
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Nabataean	—
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	400 CE
Unicode Ranges	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	U+10B00–U+10B3F

Only in Arabic

60 languages

Algerian Arabic Arabic Bakhtiari Baluchi Beja Brahui Central Kurdish Comorian Egyptian Arabic Gilaki Hausa Kashmiri Kazakh Khowar Kyrgyz Malay Mazanderani Moroccan Arabic Najdi Arabic Northern Luri Pashto Persian Sindhi Southern Kurdish Tachelhit Tajik Torwali Tunisian Arabic Turkmen Urdu

Used by Both

0 languages

No shared languages

Only in Avestan

1 language