What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Greek

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Grek

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Greek reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Greek
ISO Code	Arab	Grek
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	European
Characters	1,413	518
Languages	60	5
Script Type	Abjad	Alphabet
Descended From	Nabataean	Phoenician
Total Speakers	~291M	~13M
Introduced	400 CE	800 BCE
Unicode Ranges	U+0600–U+06FF U+0750–U+077F U+0870–U+089F U+08A0–U+08FF U+FB50–U+FDFF U+FE70–U+FEFC U+10E60–U+10E7E U+10EC2–U+10EFF U+1EE00–U+1EEF1	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