What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Pahawh Hmong read?

Pahawh Hmong reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Pahawh Hmong have?

Pahawh Hmong has 127 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Pahawh Hmong

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Hmng

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Pahawh Hmong is a Living Left-to-right script from American (127 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Pahawh Hmong reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Pahawh Hmong

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Pahawh Hmong
ISO Code	Arab	Hmng
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	American
Characters	1,413	127
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Syllabary
Descended From	Nabataean	—
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	1959 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+16B00–U+16B8F