What direction does Tamil read?

Tamil reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Ugaritic read?

Ugaritic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Tamil have?

Tamil has 123 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Ugaritic have?

Ugaritic has 31 characters in Unicode.

Tamil vs Ugaritic

Writing system comparison · ISO Taml vs ISO Ugar

Tamil is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (123 Unicode characters) used by 2 languages. Ugaritic is a Historical Left-to-right script from Middle Eastern (31 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Tamil

வணக்கம்

தமிழ் எழுத்து

Ugaritic

𐎀𐎁𐎂

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Tamil	Ugaritic
ISO Code	Taml	Ugar
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	South Asian	Middle Eastern
Characters	123	31
Languages	2	1
Script Type	Abugida	Abjad
Descended From	Brahmi	Phoenician
Total Speakers	~78M	—
Introduced	700 CE	1400 BCE
Unicode Ranges	U+0B82–U+0BFA U+11FC0–U+11FFF	U+10380–U+1039F

Only in Tamil

2 languages

Badaga Tamil

Used by Both

0 languages

No shared languages

Only in Ugaritic

1 language