diff --git a/_includes/nav.html b/_includes/nav.html
index d00a81a3..c2417de7 100644
--- a/_includes/nav.html
+++ b/_includes/nav.html
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 							{% for item in site[collection.label] %}
 								{% assign itemRef = item.url | split: item.lang | last %}
 								{% if itemRef == ref %}
-									<li><a class="dropdown-item{% if item.lang == page.collection %} active{% endif %}" data-language-id="{{ item.lang }}" href="{{ item.url | remove: ".html" }}">{{ site.data.lang-names[item.lang] }}</a></li>
+									<li><a class="dropdown-item{% if item.lang == page.collection %} active{% endif %}" data-language-id="{{ item.lang }}" href="{{ item.url | remove: ".html" }}" dir="{% if site.data.rtl contains item.collection %}rtl{%else%}ltr{% endif %}">{{ site.data.lang-names[item.lang] }}</a></li>
 								{% endif %}
 							{% endfor %}
 						{% endunless %}
diff --git a/assets/css/style.scss b/assets/css/style.scss
index 5a9c9645..2472e19a 100644
--- a/assets/css/style.scss
+++ b/assets/css/style.scss
@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ kbd.face {
 	margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
 }
 
+a.footnote {
+	unicode-bidi: isolate;
+}
+
 a.footnote::before {
 	content: "[";
 }