What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Lycian read?

Lycian reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Lycian have?

Lycian has 29 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Lycian

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Lyci

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Lycian is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (29 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Lycian

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Lycian
ISO Code	Grek	Lyci
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	European
Characters	518	29
Languages	5	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	Phoenician	—
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 BCE	400 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+10280–U+1029C