What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Linear B read?

Linear B reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Linear B have?

Linear B has 211 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Linear B

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Linb

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Linear B is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (211 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Linear B

𐀀𐀁𐀂

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Linear B
ISO Code	Grek	Linb
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	European
Characters	518	211
Languages	5	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Syllabary
Descended From	Phoenician	—
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 BCE	1400 BCE
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+10000–U+1005D U+10080–U+100FA