What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Tifinagh (Berber) read?

Tifinagh (Berber) reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Tifinagh (Berber) have?

Tifinagh (Berber) has character count data not available.

Arabic vs Tifinagh (Berber)

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Tfng

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Tifinagh (Berber) is a Living Left-to-right script from African used by 5 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Tifinagh (Berber) reads Left-to-right. 1 language is written in both scripts.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Tifinagh (Berber)

ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Tifinagh (Berber)
ISO Code	Arab	Tfng
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	African
Characters	1,413	—
Languages	60	5
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Nabataean	—
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	3000 BCE
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