What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Glagolitic read?

Glagolitic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Glagolitic have?

Glagolitic has 134 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Glagolitic

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Glag

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Glagolitic is a Liturgical Left-to-right script from European (134 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Glagolitic reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Glagolitic

ⰃⰎⰀⰃⰑⰎⰉⰜⰀ

Ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰹⱌⰰ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Glagolitic
ISO Code	Arab	Glag
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Liturgical
Region	Middle Eastern	European
Characters	1,413	134
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Nabataean	Greek
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	862 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+2C00–U+2C5F U+1E000–U+1E02A