What direction does Sinhala read?

Sinhala reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Thai read?

Thai reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Sinhala have?

Sinhala has 111 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Thai have?

Thai has 86 characters in Unicode.

Sinhala vs Thai

Writing system comparison · ISO Sinh vs ISO Thai

Sinhala is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (111 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.

Sinhala

ආයුබෝවන්

සිංහල

Thai

สวัสดีชาวโลก

อักษรไทย

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Sinhala	Thai
ISO Code	Sinh	Thai
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	South Asian	Southeast Asian
Characters	111	86
Languages	1	7
Script Type	Abugida	Abugida
Descended From	Brahmi	Khmer
Total Speakers	~17M	~60M
Introduced	300 CE	1283 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+0D81–U+0DF4 U+111E1–U+111F4	U+0E01–U+0E5B