What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Mandaic, Mandaean read?

Mandaic, Mandaean reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Mandaic, Mandaean have?

Mandaic, Mandaean has character count data not available.

Arabic vs Mandaic, Mandaean

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Mand

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Mandaic, Mandaean is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern used by 1 language. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Mandaic, Mandaean

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Mandaic, Mandaean
ISO Code	Arab	Mand
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	Middle Eastern
Characters	1,413	—
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Abjad
Descended From	Nabataean	Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	200 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