What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Marchen read?

Marchen reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Marchen have?

Marchen has 68 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Marchen

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Marc

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Marchen is a Historical Left-to-right script from South Asian (68 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Marchen reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Marchen

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Marchen
ISO Code	Arab	Marc
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	68
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Tibetan
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+11C70–U+11CB6