What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Oriya (Odia) read?

Oriya (Odia) reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Oriya (Odia) have?

Oriya (Odia) has character count data not available.

Arabic vs Oriya (Odia)

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Orya

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

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Oriya (Odia)

ନମସ୍କାର

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଲିପି

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Oriya (Odia)
ISO Code	Arab	Orya
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	—
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	~35M
Introduced	400 CE	1060 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