What direction does Cyrillic read?

Cyrillic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Runic read?

Runic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Cyrillic have?

Cyrillic has 508 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Runic have?

Runic has 86 characters in Unicode.

Cyrillic vs Runic

Writing system comparison · ISO Cyrl vs ISO Runr

Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. Runic is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (86 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Cyrillic

Привет мир

Кириллица

Runic

ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Cyrillic	Runic
ISO Code	Cyrl	Runr
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	European
Characters	508	86
Languages	61	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	Greek	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	~285.5M	—
Introduced	940 CE	150 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+16A0–U+16F8