What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Multani read?

Multani reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Multani have?

Multani has 38 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Multani

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Mult

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Multani is a Living Left-to-right script (38 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Multani reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Multani

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Multani
ISO Code	Arab	Mult
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	—
Characters	1,413	38
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	—
Descended From	Nabataean	—
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+11280–U+112A9