What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Sinhala read?

Sinhala reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Sinhala have?

Sinhala has 111 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Sinhala

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Sinh

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Sinhala is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (111 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Sinhala reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Sinhala

ආයුබෝවන්

සිංහල

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Sinhala
ISO Code	Arab	Sinh
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	111
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	~17M
Introduced	400 CE	300 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+0D81–U+0DF4 U+111E1–U+111F4