Cypriot syllabary vs Cyrillic
Writing system comparison · ISO Cprt vs ISO Cyrl
Cypriot syllabary is a Historical Right-to-left script from European used by 1 language. Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Cypriot syllabary reads Right-to-left, while Cyrillic reads Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Cypriot syllabary | Cyrillic |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Cprt | Cyrl |
| Direction | Right-to-left | Left-to-right |
| Status | Historical | Living |
| Region | European | European |
| Characters | — | 508 |
| Languages | 1 | 61 |
| Script Type | Syllabary | Alphabet |
| Descended From | — | Greek |
| Total Speakers | — | ~285.5M |
| Introduced | 800 BCE | 940 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
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
|
Only in Cypriot syllabary
1 language
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
Only in Cyrillic
61 languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.