What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Osage read?

Osage reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Osage have?

Osage has 72 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Osage

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Osge

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Osage is a Living Left-to-right script from American (72 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Osage reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Osage

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Osage
ISO Code	Arab	Osge
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	American
Characters	1,413	72
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
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+104B0–U+104FB