Hebrew vs Old South Arabian
Writing system comparison · ISO Hebr vs ISO Sarb
Hebrew is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (134 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Old South Arabian is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (32 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Right-to-left.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Hebrew | Old South Arabian |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Hebr | Sarb |
| Direction | Right-to-left | Right-to-left |
| Status | Living | Historical |
| Region | Middle Eastern | Middle Eastern |
| Characters | 134 | 32 |
| Languages | 5 | 1 |
| Script Type | Abjad | Abjad |
| Descended From | Imperial Aramaic | Imperial Aramaic |
| Total Speakers | ~10M | — |
| Introduced | 900 BCE | 900 BCE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+0591–U+05F4
U+FB1D–U+FB4F
|
U+10A60–U+10A7F
|
Only in Hebrew
5 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.