What direction does Khmer read?

Khmer reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Thai read?

Thai reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Khmer have?

Khmer has 146 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Thai have?

Thai has 86 characters in Unicode.

Khmer vs Thai

Writing system comparison · ISO Khmr vs ISO Thai

Khmer is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (146 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Thai is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (86 Unicode characters) used by 7 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Khmer

សួស្ដី

អក្សរខ្មែរ

Thai

สวัสดีชาวโลก

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Khmer	Thai
ISO Code	Khmr	Thai
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Southeast Asian	Southeast Asian
Characters	146	86
Languages	1	7
Script Type	Abugida	Abugida
Descended From	Brahmi	Khmer
Total Speakers	~16M	~60M
Introduced	611 CE	1283 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+1780–U+17F9 U+19E0–U+19FF	U+0E01–U+0E5B