Manichaean vs Thai
Writing system comparison · ISO Mani vs ISO Thai
Manichaean is a Historical Right-to-left script from Central Asian (51 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Thai is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (86 Unicode characters) used by 7 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Manichaean reads Right-to-left, while Thai reads Left-to-right.
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Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Manichaean | Thai |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Mani | Thai |
| Direction | Right-to-left | Left-to-right |
| Status | Historical | Living |
| Region | Central Asian | Southeast Asian |
| Characters | 51 | 86 |
| Languages | 1 | 7 |
| Script Type | Abjad | Abugida |
| Descended From | Imperial Aramaic | Khmer |
| Total Speakers | — | ~60M |
| Introduced | 300 CE | 1283 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+10AC0–U+10AF6
|
U+0E01–U+0E5B
|
Only in Manichaean
1 language
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.