What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Javanese read?

Javanese reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Javanese have?

Javanese has 90 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Javanese

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Java

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Javanese is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (90 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Javanese reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Javanese

ꦗꦮ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Javanese
ISO Code	Arab	Java
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	Southeast Asian
Characters	1,413	90
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 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+A980–U+A9DF