What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Telugu read?

Telugu reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Telugu have?

Telugu has 101 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Telugu

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Telu

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Telugu is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (101 Unicode characters) used by 4 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Telugu reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Telugu

నమస్కారం

తెలుగు లిపి

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Telugu
ISO Code	Arab	Telu
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	101
Languages	60	4
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	~95M
Introduced	400 CE	1100 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+0C00–U+0C7F