What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Khmer read?

Khmer reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Khmer have?

Khmer has 146 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Khmer

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Khmr

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Khmer is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (146 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Khmer reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Khmer

សួស្ដី

អក្សរខ្មែរ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Khmer
ISO Code	Arab	Khmr
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	Southeast Asian
Characters	1,413	146
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	~16M
Introduced	400 CE	611 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+1780–U+17F9 U+19E0–U+19FF