What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Lydian read?

Lydian reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Lydian have?

Lydian has 27 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Lydian

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Lydi

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Lydian is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (27 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Greek reads Left-to-right, while Lydian reads Right-to-left.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Lydian

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Lydian
ISO Code	Grek	Lydi
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	Middle Eastern
Characters	518	27
Languages	5	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Abjad
Descended From	Phoenician	Phoenician
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 BCE	700 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+10920–U+1093F