What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Coptic read?

Coptic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Coptic have?

Coptic has 137 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Coptic

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Copt

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Coptic is a Liturgical Left-to-right script from African (137 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Coptic reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Coptic

Ϩⲉⲗⲗⲟ

Ⲁⲗⲫⲁⲃⲏⲧⲟⲥ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Coptic
ISO Code	Arab	Copt
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Liturgical
Region	Middle Eastern	African
Characters	1,413	137
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Nabataean	Greek
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	200 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+03E2–U+03EF U+2C80–U+2CFF