What direction does Avestan read?

Avestan reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Devanagari (Nagari) read?

Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Avestan have?

Avestan has 61 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Devanagari (Nagari) have?

Devanagari (Nagari) has character count data not available.

Avestan vs Devanagari (Nagari)

Writing system comparison · ISO Avst vs ISO Deva

Avestan is a Liturgical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (61 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Avestan reads Right-to-left, while Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right.

Avestan

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Devanagari (Nagari)

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Avestan	Devanagari (Nagari)
ISO Code	Avst	Deva
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Liturgical	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	61	—
Languages	1	61
Script Type	Alphabet	Abugida
Descended From	—	Brahmi
Total Speakers	—	~810M
Introduced	400 CE	1200 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+10B00–U+10B3F