What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Old Permic read?

Old Permic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Old Permic have?

Old Permic has 43 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Old Permic

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Perm

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Old Permic is a Living Left-to-right script (43 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Old Permic reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Old Permic

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Old Permic
ISO Code	Arab	Perm
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	—
Characters	1,413	43
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Nabataean	Cyrillic
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+10350–U+1037A