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Old 30-Apr-2008, 08:50
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Default Re: Right-to-left languages

Hi

Divehi, Bengali, Aramaic, Phoenician, Farsi (also called Persian), Syriac, Yiddish, Ancient Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek and the oldest Latin could be written in both directions.

Chinese and Japanese (top to bottom and right to left).

Mayan or Aztec hieroglyphs were read in alternating directions.

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