What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Cherokee read?

Cherokee reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Cherokee have?

Cherokee has 172 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Cherokee

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Cher

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Cherokee is a Living Left-to-right script from American (172 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Cherokee reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Cherokee

ᏣᎳᎩ

ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᎩᏍᏉᏙᏗ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Cherokee
ISO Code	Arab	Cher
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	American
Characters	1,413	172
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Syllabary
Descended From	Nabataean	—
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	1820 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+13A0–U+13FD U+AB70–U+ABBF