The Phoenician alphabet is also ultimately parent to the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets, via the Aramaic alphabet. Both of these are written from right to left. The Arabic alphabet has been adapted for a number of other languages, notably including Persian, Sindhi, and Urdu.

Why does Arabic read right to left?

Because more people were right-handed than left-handed, the process of carving the rock may have started on the right and proceeded to the left. The direction in which Arabic was written may be due to the scribe's position at the time, seated on the floor, hand held at an angle holding a reed dipped in ink.

Are Arabic words read right to left?

Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu are the most widespread RTL writing systems in modern times. ... Many other ancient and historic scripts derived from Aramaic inherited its right-to-left direction. Several languages have both Arabic RTL and non-Arabic LTR writing systems.