What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Mongolian read?

Mongolian reads Top-to-bottom (TTB).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Mongolian have?

Mongolian has 168 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Mongolian

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Mong

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Mongolian is a Living Top-to-bottom script from Central Asian (168 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Greek reads Left-to-right, while Mongolian reads Top-to-bottom.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Mongolian

ᠰᠠᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨᠠ ᠤᠤ

ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Mongolian
ISO Code	Grek	Mong
Direction	Left-to-right	Top-to-bottom
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	Central Asian
Characters	518	168
Languages	5	1
Script Type	Alphabet	—
Descended From	Phoenician	Old Uyghur
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 BCE	1204 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+1800–U+18AA U+11660–U+1166C