What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Tibetan read?

Tibetan reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Tibetan have?

Tibetan has 207 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Tibetan

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Tibt

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Tibetan is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (207 Unicode characters) used by 3 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Tibetan reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Tibetan

བོད་སྐད།

བོད་ཡིག

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Tibetan
ISO Code	Arab	Tibt
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	207
Languages	60	3
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	~1.4M
Introduced	400 CE	620 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+0F00–U+0FDA