What direction does Runic read?

Runic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Thai read?

Thai reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Runic have?

Runic has 86 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Thai have?

Thai has 86 characters in Unicode.

Runic vs Thai

Writing system comparison · ISO Runr vs ISO Thai

Runic is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (86 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.

Runic

ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ

Thai

สวัสดีชาวโลก

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Runic	Thai
ISO Code	Runr	Thai
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Historical	Living
Region	European	Southeast Asian
Characters	86	86
Languages	1	7
Script Type	Alphabet	Abugida
Descended From	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)	Khmer
Total Speakers	—	~60M
Introduced	150 CE	1283 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+16A0–U+16F8	U+0E01–U+0E5B