What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Cypriot syllabary read?

Cypriot syllabary reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Cypriot syllabary have?

Cypriot syllabary has character count data not available.

Arabic vs Cypriot syllabary

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Cprt

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

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Cypriot syllabary

𐠀𐠁𐠂

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Cypriot syllabary
ISO Code	Arab	Cprt
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	European
Characters	1,413	—
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Syllabary
Descended From	Nabataean	—
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	800 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