What direction does Thai read?

Thai reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Thai have?

Thai has 86 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Vai have?

Vai has 300 characters in Unicode.

Thai vs Vai

Writing system comparison · ISO Thai vs ISO Vaii

Thai is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (86 Unicode characters) used by 7 languages. Vai is a Living Left-to-right script from African (300 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Thai

สวัสดีชาวโลก

อักษรไทย

Vai

ꕙꔤ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Thai	Vai
ISO Code	Thai	Vaii
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Southeast Asian	African
Characters	86	300
Languages	7	1
Script Type	Abugida	Syllabary
Descended From	Khmer	—
Total Speakers	~60M	—
Introduced	1283 CE	—
Unicode Ranges	U+0E01–U+0E5B	U+A500–U+A62B