What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Gujarati read?

Gujarati reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Gujarati have?

Gujarati has 91 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Gujarati

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Gujr

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Gujarati is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (91 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Gujarati reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Gujarati

નમસ્તે

ગુજરાતી લિપિ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Gujarati
ISO Code	Arab	Gujr
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	91
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	~60M
Introduced	400 CE	1592 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+0A81–U+0AFF