What direction does Bamum read?

Bamum reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Cyrillic read?

Cyrillic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Bamum have?

Bamum has 657 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Cyrillic have?

Cyrillic has 508 characters in Unicode.

Bamum vs Cyrillic

Writing system comparison · ISO Bamu vs ISO Cyrl

Bamum is a Living Left-to-right script from African (657 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Bamum

ꚠꚡꚢ

Cyrillic

Привет мир

Кириллица

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Bamum	Cyrillic
ISO Code	Bamu	Cyrl
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	European
Characters	657	508
Languages	1	61
Script Type	—	Alphabet
Descended From	—	Greek
Total Speakers	—	~285.5M
Introduced	—	940 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+A6A0–U+A6F7 U+16800–U+16A38	U+0400–U+0489 U+048A–U+052F U+1C80–U+1C8A U+1D2B–U+1D78 U+2DE0–U+2DFF U+A640–U+A69F U+FE2E–U+FE2F U+1E030–U+1E08F