What direction does Avestan read?

Avestan reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Avestan have?

Avestan has 61 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

Avestan vs Greek

Writing system comparison · ISO Avst vs ISO Grek

Avestan is a Liturgical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (61 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Avestan reads Right-to-left, while Greek reads Left-to-right.

Avestan

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Greek

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Avestan	Greek
ISO Code	Avst	Grek
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Liturgical	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	European
Characters	61	518
Languages	1	5
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	—	Phoenician
Total Speakers	—	~13M
Introduced	400 CE	800 BCE
Unicode Ranges	U+10B00–U+10B3F	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