What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Tangut read?

Tangut reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Tangut have?

Tangut has 7,059 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Tangut

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Tang

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Tangut is a Living Left-to-right script (7,059 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Tangut reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Tangut

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Tangut
ISO Code	Arab	Tang
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	—
Characters	1,413	7,059
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	—
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+16FE0–U+16FE0 U+17000–U+18AFF U+18D00–U+18D1E U+18D80–U+18DF2