What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Mongolian read?

Mongolian reads Top-to-bottom (TTB).

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Mongolian have?

Mongolian has 168 characters in Unicode.

Latin vs Mongolian

Writing system comparison · ISO Latn vs ISO Mong

Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. Mongolian is a Living Top-to-bottom script from Central Asian (168 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Latin reads Left-to-right, while Mongolian reads Top-to-bottom.

Latin

Hello World

Mongolian

ᠰᠠᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨᠠ ᠤᠤ

ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Latin	Mongolian
ISO Code	Latn	Mong
Direction	Left-to-right	Top-to-bottom
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	Central Asian
Characters	1,492	168
Languages	515	1
Script Type	Alphabet	—
Descended From	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)	Old Uyghur
Total Speakers	~2.2B	—
Introduced	700 CE	1204 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+0041–U+007A U+00AA–U+00F6 U+00F8–U+01BA U+01BB–U+01C3 U+01C4–U+0293 U+0294–U+02AF U+02B0–U+02E4 U+1D00–U+1D77 U+1D79–U+1D9A U+1D9B–U+1DBE U+1E00–U+1EFF U+2071–U+209C U+212A–U+214E U+2160–U+2188 U+2C60–U+2C7F U+A722–U+A7FF U+AB30–U+AB69 U+FB00–U+FB06 U+FF21–U+FF5A U+10780–U+107BA U+1DF00–U+1DF2A	U+1800–U+18AA U+11660–U+1166C