diff --git a/i18n/rtl.go b/i18n/rtl.go
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+package i18n
+
+var rtlLangs = map[string]bool{
+	"ar": true, // Arabic
+	"dv": true, // Divehi
+	"fa": true, // Persian (Farsi)
+	"ha": true, // Hausa
+	"he": true, // Hebrew
+	"iw": true, // Hebrew (old code)
+	"ji": true, // Yiddish (old code)
+	"ps": true, // Pashto, Pushto
+	"ur": true, // Urdu
+	"yi": true, // Yiddish
+}
+
+func LangIsRTL(lang string) bool {
+	if _, ok := rtlLangs[lang]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}