What direction does Bamum read?

Bamum reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Thai read?

Thai reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Bamum have?

Bamum has 657 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Thai have?

Thai has 86 characters in Unicode.

Bamum vs Thai

Writing system comparison · ISO Bamu vs ISO Thai

Bamum is a Living Left-to-right script from African (657 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Thai is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (86 Unicode characters) used by 7 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Bamum

ꚠꚡꚢ

Thai

สวัสดีชาวโลก

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Bamum	Thai
ISO Code	Bamu	Thai
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	Southeast Asian
Characters	657	86
Languages	1	7
Script Type	—	Abugida
Descended From	—	Khmer
Total Speakers	—	~60M
Introduced	—	1283 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+A6A0–U+A6F7 U+16800–U+16A38	U+0E01–U+0E5B