What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Lao have?

Lao has 83 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Lao

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Laoo

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Lao is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (83 Unicode characters) used by 3 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Lao reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Lao

ສະບາຍດີ

ອັກສອນລາວ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Lao
ISO Code	Arab	Laoo
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	Southeast Asian
Characters	1,413	83
Languages	60	3
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Thai
Total Speakers	~291M	~3M
Introduced	400 CE	1300 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+0E81–U+0EDF