What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Vai have?

Vai has 300 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Vai

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Vaii

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Vai is a Living Left-to-right script from African (300 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Vai reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Vai

ꕙꔤ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Vai
ISO Code	Arab	Vaii
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	African
Characters	1,413	300
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Syllabary
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+A500–U+A62B