Oh duh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogdian_alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogdian_alphabet the syriac whence it came was right-to-left, and by rotati

Oh duh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogdian_alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogdian_alphabet the syriac whence it came was right-to-left, and by rotating the English in the other direction they both go down.