Avestan vs Bengali (Bangla)
Writing system comparison · ISO Avst vs ISO Beng
Avestan is a Liturgical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (61 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Bengali (Bangla) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 11 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Avestan reads Right-to-left, while Bengali (Bangla) reads Left-to-right.
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Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Avestan | Bengali (Bangla) |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Avst | Beng |
| Direction | Right-to-left | Left-to-right |
| Status | Liturgical | Living |
| Region | Middle Eastern | South Asian |
| Characters | 61 | — |
| Languages | 1 | 11 |
| Script Type | Alphabet | Abugida |
| Descended From | — | Brahmi |
| Total Speakers | — | ~249M |
| Introduced | 400 CE | 1000 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+10B00–U+10B3F
|
Only in Avestan
1 language
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.