What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Carian read?

Carian reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Carian have?

Carian has 49 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Carian

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Cari

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Carian is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (49 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Carian reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Carian

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Carian
ISO Code	Arab	Cari
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	European
Characters	1,413	49
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	—
Descended From	Nabataean	—
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	650 BCE
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+102A0–U+102D0