What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Latin

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Latn

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Latin

Hello World

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Latin
ISO Code	Grek	Latn
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	European
Characters	518	1,492
Languages	5	515
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	Phoenician	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	~13M	~2.2B
Introduced	800 BCE	700 CE
Unicode Ranges	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	U+0041–U+007A U+00AA–U+00F6 U+00F8–U+01BA U+01BB–U+01C3 U+01C4–U+0293 U+0294–U+02AF U+02B0–U+02E4 U+1D00–U+1D77 U+1D79–U+1D9A U+1D9B–U+1DBE U+1E00–U+1EFF U+2071–U+209C U+212A–U+214E U+2160–U+2188 U+2C60–U+2C7F U+A722–U+A7FF U+AB30–U+AB69 U+FB00–U+FB06 U+FF21–U+FF5A U+10780–U+107BA U+1DF00–U+1DF2A