What direction does Cyrillic read?

Cyrillic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Old Persian read?

Old Persian reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Cyrillic have?

Cyrillic has 508 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Old Persian have?

Old Persian has 50 characters in Unicode.

Cyrillic vs Old Persian

Writing system comparison · ISO Cyrl vs ISO Xpeo

Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. Old Persian is a Living Left-to-right script (50 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Cyrillic

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Old Persian

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Cyrillic	Old Persian
ISO Code	Cyrl	Xpeo
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	—
Characters	508	50
Languages	61	1
Script Type	Alphabet	—
Descended From	Greek	—
Total Speakers	~285.5M	—
Introduced	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	U+103A0–U+103D5