What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does N’Ko read?

N’Ko reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does N’Ko have?

N’Ko has character count data not available.

Arabic vs N’Ko

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Nkoo

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. N’Ko is a Living Right-to-left script from African used by 3 languages. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

N’Ko

ߒߞߏ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	N’Ko
ISO Code	Arab	Nkoo
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	African
Characters	1,413	—
Languages	60	3
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Nabataean	Arabic
Total Speakers	~291M	~14M
Introduced	400 CE	1949 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