What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Thaana read?

Thaana reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Thaana have?

Thaana has 50 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Thaana

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Thaa

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Thaana is a Living Right-to-left script from South Asian (50 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Thaana

ދިވެހި

ތާނަ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Thaana
ISO Code	Arab	Thaa
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	50
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Abjad
Descended From	Nabataean	Arabic
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	1703 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+0780–U+07B1

Only in Arabic

60 languages

Algerian Arabic Arabic Bakhtiari Baluchi Beja Brahui Central Kurdish Comorian Egyptian Arabic Gilaki Hausa Kashmiri Kazakh Khowar Kyrgyz Malay Mazanderani Moroccan Arabic Najdi Arabic Northern Luri Pashto Persian Sindhi Southern Kurdish Tachelhit Tajik Torwali Tunisian Arabic Turkmen Urdu

Used by Both

0 languages

No shared languages

Only in Thaana

1 language

Divehi

Arabic vs Thaana

Side-by-Side Comparison

Only in Arabic

Used by Both

Only in Thaana

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