Hebrew vs Myanmar (Burmese)
Writing system comparison · ISO Hebr vs ISO Mymr
Hebrew is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (134 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Myanmar (Burmese) is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian used by 4 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Hebrew reads Right-to-left, while Myanmar (Burmese) reads Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Hebrew | Myanmar (Burmese) |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Hebr | Mymr |
| Direction | Right-to-left | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | Middle Eastern | Southeast Asian |
| Characters | 134 | — |
| Languages | 5 | 4 |
| Script Type | Abjad | Abugida |
| Descended From | Imperial Aramaic | Brahmi |
| Total Speakers | ~10M | ~33M |
| Introduced | 900 BCE | 1050 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+0591–U+05F4
U+FB1D–U+FB4F
|
Only in Hebrew
5 languages
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.