Cyrillic vs Kannada
Writing system comparison · ISO Cyrl vs ISO Knda
Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. Kannada is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (92 Unicode characters) used by 2 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Cyrillic | Kannada |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Cyrl | Knda |
| Direction | Left-to-right | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | European | South Asian |
| Characters | 508 | 92 |
| Languages | 61 | 2 |
| Script Type | Alphabet | Abugida |
| Descended From | Greek | Brahmi |
| Total Speakers | ~285.5M | ~44M |
| Introduced | 940 CE | 1500 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
|
U+0C80–U+0CF3
|
Only in Cyrillic
61 languages
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.