What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Mongolian read?

Mongolian reads Top-to-bottom (TTB).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Mongolian have?

Mongolian has 168 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Mongolian

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Mong

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Mongolian is a Living Top-to-bottom script from Central Asian (168 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Mongolian reads Top-to-bottom.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Mongolian

ᠰᠠᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨᠠ ᠤᠤ

ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Mongolian
ISO Code	Arab	Mong
Direction	Right-to-left	Top-to-bottom
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	Central Asian
Characters	1,413	168
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	—
Descended From	Nabataean	Old Uyghur
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	1204 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+1800–U+18AA U+11660–U+1166C