What direction does Telugu read?

Telugu reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Thaana read?

Thaana reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Telugu have?

Telugu has 101 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Thaana have?

Thaana has 50 characters in Unicode.

Telugu vs Thaana

Writing system comparison · ISO Telu vs ISO Thaa

Telugu is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (101 Unicode characters) used by 4 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: Telugu reads Left-to-right, while Thaana reads Right-to-left.

Telugu

నమస్కారం

తెలుగు లిపి

Thaana

ދިވެހި

ތާނަ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Telugu	Thaana
ISO Code	Telu	Thaa
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Living
Region	South Asian	South Asian
Characters	101	50
Languages	4	1
Script Type	Abugida	Abjad
Descended From	Brahmi	Arabic
Total Speakers	~95M	—
Introduced	1100 CE	1703 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+0C00–U+0C7F	U+0780–U+07B1