What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Runic read?

Runic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Runic have?

Runic has 86 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Runic

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Runr

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Runic is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (86 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Runic reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Runic

ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Runic
ISO Code	Arab	Runr
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	European
Characters	1,413	86
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Nabataean	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	150 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+16A0–U+16F8