What direction does Hebrew read?

Hebrew reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Nabataean read?

Nabataean reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Hebrew have?

Hebrew has 134 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Nabataean have?

Nabataean has 40 characters in Unicode.

Hebrew vs Nabataean

Writing system comparison · ISO Hebr vs ISO Nbat

Hebrew is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (134 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Nabataean is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (40 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Hebrew

שלום עולם

כתב עברי

Nabataean

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Hebrew	Nabataean
ISO Code	Hebr	Nbat
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	Middle Eastern
Characters	134	40
Languages	5	0
Script Type	Abjad	Abjad
Descended From	Imperial Aramaic	Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers	~10M	—
Introduced	900 BCE	200 BCE
Unicode Ranges	U+0591–U+05F4 U+FB1D–U+FB4F	U+10880–U+108AF

Only in Hebrew

5 languages

Hebrew Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Persian Ladino Yiddish

Used by Both

0 languages

No shared languages

Only in Nabataean