What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Devanagari (Nagari) read?

Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Devanagari (Nagari) have?

Devanagari (Nagari) has character count data not available.

Arabic vs Devanagari (Nagari)

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Deva

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right. 2 languages are written in both scripts.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Devanagari (Nagari)

नमस्ते दुनिया

देवनागरी

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Devanagari (Nagari)
ISO Code	Arab	Deva
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	—
Languages	60	61
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	~810M
Introduced	400 CE	1200 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