What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Thaana read?

Thaana reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Thaana have?

Thaana has 50 characters in Unicode.

Latin vs Thaana

Writing system comparison · ISO Latn vs ISO Thaa

Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. Thaana is a Living Right-to-left script from South Asian (50 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Latin reads Left-to-right, while Thaana reads Right-to-left.

Latin

Hello World

Thaana

ދިވެހި

ތާނަ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Latin	Thaana
ISO Code	Latn	Thaa
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	South Asian
Characters	1,492	50
Languages	515	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Abjad
Descended From	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)	Arabic
Total Speakers	~2.2B	—
Introduced	700 CE	1703 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+0780–U+07B1