What direction does Hebrew read?

Hebrew reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Sogdian read?

Sogdian reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Hebrew have?

Hebrew has 134 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Sogdian have?

Sogdian has 42 characters in Unicode.

Hebrew vs Sogdian

Writing system comparison · ISO Hebr vs ISO Sogd

Hebrew is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (134 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Sogdian is a Historical Right-to-left script from Central Asian (42 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Hebrew

שלום עולם

כתב עברי

Sogdian

𐼰𐼱𐼲

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Hebrew	Sogdian
ISO Code	Hebr	Sogd
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	Central Asian
Characters	134	42
Languages	5	0
Script Type	Abjad	Abjad
Descended From	Imperial Aramaic	Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers	~10M	—
Introduced	900 BCE	200 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+0591–U+05F4 U+FB1D–U+FB4F	U+10F30–U+10F59

Only in Hebrew

5 languages

Hebrew Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Persian Ladino Yiddish

Used by Both

0 languages

No shared languages

Only in Sogdian