What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Syloti Nagri read?

Syloti Nagri reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Syloti Nagri have?

Syloti Nagri has 45 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Syloti Nagri

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Sylo

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Syloti Nagri is a Living Left-to-right script (45 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Syloti Nagri reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Syloti Nagri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Syloti Nagri
ISO Code	Arab	Sylo
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	—
Characters	1,413	45
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
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+A800–U+A82C