What direction does Adlam read?

Adlam reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Adlam have?

Adlam has 88 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

Adlam vs Greek

Writing system comparison · ISO Adlm vs ISO Grek

Adlam is a Living Right-to-left script from African (88 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Adlam reads Right-to-left, while Greek reads Left-to-right.

Adlam

𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Adlam	Greek
ISO Code	Adlm	Grek
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	European
Characters	88	518
Languages	0	5
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	Arabic	Phoenician
Total Speakers	—	~13M
Introduced	1958 CE	800 BCE
Unicode Ranges	U+1E900–U+1E95F	U+0370–U+03FF U+1D26–U+1D6A U+1DBF–U+1DBF U+1F00–U+1FFE U+2126–U+2126 U+AB65–U+AB65 U+10140–U+1018E U+101A0–U+101A0 U+1D200–U+1D245