Cyrillic vs Old South Arabian
Writing system comparison · ISO Cyrl vs ISO Sarb
Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. Old South Arabian is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (32 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Cyrillic reads Left-to-right, while Old South Arabian reads Right-to-left.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Cyrillic | Old South Arabian |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Cyrl | Sarb |
| Direction | Left-to-right | Right-to-left |
| Status | Living | Historical |
| Region | European | Middle Eastern |
| Characters | 508 | 32 |
| Languages | 61 | 1 |
| Script Type | Alphabet | Abjad |
| Descended From | Greek | Imperial Aramaic |
| Total Speakers | ~285.5M | — |
| Introduced | 940 CE | 900 BCE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+0400–U+0489
U+048A–U+052F
U+1C80–U+1C8A
U+1D2B–U+1D78
U+2DE0–U+2DFF
U+A640–U+A69F
U+FE2E–U+FE2F
U+1E030–U+1E08F
|
U+10A60–U+10A7F
|
Only in Cyrillic
61 languages
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
Only in Old South Arabian
1 language
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.