Which languages are read right to left?

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"While many languages are written and read from left to right, several notable languages are read from right to left. These include Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian.

Languages that are Read Right to Left

The most commonly known languages read from right to left are Arabic and Hebrew. However, there are other languages, including Persian (Farsi), Urdu, and Yiddish, which also follow this pattern. These languages belong to the Semitic (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic) and Indo-Iranian (e.g., Persian) language families, which have a very different writing system than languages in the Latin alphabet. The writing systems used typically consist of an abjad or abugida system, where the script predominantly represents consonants.

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