What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Linear B read?

Linear B reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Linear B have?

Linear B has 211 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Linear B

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Linb

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Linear B is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (211 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Linear B reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Linear B

𐀀𐀁𐀂

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Linear B
ISO Code	Arab	Linb
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	European
Characters	1,413	211
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Syllabary
Descended From	Nabataean	—
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	1400 BCE
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+10000–U+1005D U+10080–U+100FA