What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Palmyrene read?

Palmyrene reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Palmyrene have?

Palmyrene has 32 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Palmyrene

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Palm

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Palmyrene is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (32 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Greek reads Left-to-right, while Palmyrene reads Right-to-left.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Palmyrene

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Palmyrene
ISO Code	Grek	Palm
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	Middle Eastern
Characters	518	32
Languages	5	0
Script Type	Alphabet	Abjad
Descended From	Phoenician	Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 BCE	100 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+10860–U+1087F