What direction does Bamum read?

Bamum reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Bamum have?

Bamum has 657 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

Bamum vs Greek

Writing system comparison · ISO Bamu vs ISO Grek

Bamum is a Living Left-to-right script from African (657 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Bamum

ꚠꚡꚢ

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Bamum	Greek
ISO Code	Bamu	Grek
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	European
Characters	657	518
Languages	1	5
Script Type	—	Alphabet
Descended From	—	Phoenician
Total Speakers	—	~13M
Introduced	—	800 BCE
Unicode Ranges	U+A6A0–U+A6F7 U+16800–U+16A38	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