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| Bi-directional languages are languages that are read from right to left, and still have numbers and Latin script segments read from left to right. Therefore they are called Bi-directional (or simply Bidi). Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, and Urdu are examples of Bi-directional languages.
Moreover, Arabic-script languages, such as Arabic and Farsi, are a cursive language, which means the characters within a word are written connected and the shape of a character might differ depending on its location within the word. Also in Arabic, according to the country's culture, numbers may be written using Arabic digits (as in English) or Hindi digits, although typically numbers are stored using Arabic digits. Arabic numbers can require extra handling for presentation.
In all cases, characters and numbers should be stored in their keying sequence and their nominal shape. This is standard form for Unicode-encoded text. |
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