Also Chinese and Japanese can be written right to left (also written from top to bottom, vertically).
Korean is NOT written from right to left
Languages that are read from left to right include English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and many others.
Most languages are read from left to right because this direction has become the standard over time. This direction is believed to have originated from the practice of writing on materials like papyrus or parchment, where it was easier to write left to right to avoid smudging ink.
Writing from right to left is associated with languages that are written in scripts like Hebrew or Arabic, which are read from right to left. This writing process is known as "right-to-left script."
Arabic people read from right to left. The Arabic script is written horizontally from right to left.
The word that can be read the same way from left to right and from right to left is "radar."
For starters, the old language of China is read from right to left
Israel doesn't read. But a great majority of its population are educated, literate people ... the highest in that part of the world, in fact ... and there are a great many languages read by the people who live there. Some languages read from left to right, others read from right to left, and there are even a few that read from top to bottom. The languages that are spoken and read by the greatest number of people in Israel are the three official and semi-official languages of the country, and here are their directions: -- Arabic . . . . . official . . . . . right to left -- Hebrew. . . . official . . . . . right to left -- English . . . semi-official . . left to right
Languages that are read from left to right include English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and many others.
Languages that use the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets are written from right to left.
Jewish people ... at least those who have learned to read ... read in the direction in which the material they're reading was printed. For example, when reading English, they read left to right. When reading Hebrew or Yiddish, they read right to left. When reading traditional Mandarin, they read vertically. Etc.
Most languages are read from left to right because this direction has become the standard over time. This direction is believed to have originated from the practice of writing on materials like papyrus or parchment, where it was easier to write left to right to avoid smudging ink.
Writing from right to left is associated with languages that are written in scripts like Hebrew or Arabic, which are read from right to left. This writing process is known as "right-to-left script."
Not to the Chinese! Traditional Chinese books (and therefore, Japanese) are written to be read top to bottom right to left. Books in the English and the Romance languages are read left to right and top to bottom.
Arabic people read from right to left. The Arabic script is written horizontally from right to left.
The word that can be read the same way from left to right and from right to left is "radar."
Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, Dari, Pastoon, and Turkmen. If Chinese is printed vertically, it is read from top to bottom, starting from the right column and moving left. Thus, a vertically printed book in Chinese will open from the what is considered the back to readers of English and other languages in the roman alphabet.
The Hmong Pahawh is written from left to right and is also read from left to right.