What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Kirat Rai read?

Kirat Rai reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Kirat Rai have?

Kirat Rai has 58 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Kirat Rai

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Krai

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Kirat Rai is a Living Left-to-right script (58 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Kirat Rai reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Kirat Rai

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Kirat Rai
ISO Code	Arab	Krai
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	—
Characters	1,413	58
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	—
Descended From	Nabataean	—
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+16D40–U+16D79