What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Old Uyghur read?

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

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Old Uyghur have?

Old Uyghur has 26 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Old Uyghur

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Ougr

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Old Uyghur is a Historical Left-to-right script from Central Asian (26 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Old Uyghur reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Old Uyghur

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Old Uyghur
ISO Code	Arab	Ougr
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	Central Asian
Characters	1,413	26
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Abjad
Descended From	Nabataean	Sogdian
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	900 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+10F70–U+10F89