Directionality sorts writing systems by which way their text actually runs across a page. Wikipedia notes that "the script is written from right to left in a cursive style" for Arabic, the opposite direction from the Latin script most English readers know. This dimension groups scripts that share the same reading direction.
Directionality
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World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia (formerly Ancient History Encyclopedia)- Contains: Cuneiform
- Contains: Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Contains: Maya Script
- Contains: Linear A
- Contains: Linear B
- Contains: Brahmi
View the Source Omniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages
- Contains: Hebrew Square Script
- Contains: Rongorongo
- Contains: Glagolitic Alphabet
- Contains: Hiragana
- Contains: Katakana
- Contains: Ge'ez Script
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