What direction does Hebrew read?

Hebrew reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Hebrew have?

Hebrew has 134 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

Hebrew vs Latin

Writing system comparison · ISO Hebr vs ISO Latn

Hebrew is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (134 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Hebrew reads Right-to-left, while Latin reads Left-to-right.

Hebrew

שלום עולם

כתב עברי

Latin

Hello World

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Hebrew	Latin
ISO Code	Hebr	Latn
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	European
Characters	134	1,492
Languages	5	515
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Imperial Aramaic	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	~10M	~2.2B
Introduced	900 BCE	700 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+0591–U+05F4 U+FB1D–U+FB4F	U+0041–U+007A U+00AA–U+00F6 U+00F8–U+01BA U+01BB–U+01C3 U+01C4–U+0293 U+0294–U+02AF U+02B0–U+02E4 U+1D00–U+1D77 U+1D79–U+1D9A U+1D9B–U+1DBE U+1E00–U+1EFF U+2071–U+209C U+212A–U+214E U+2160–U+2188 U+2C60–U+2C7F U+A722–U+A7FF U+AB30–U+AB69 U+FB00–U+FB06 U+FF21–U+FF5A U+10780–U+107BA U+1DF00–U+1DF2A