What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Phags-pa read?

Phags-pa reads Top-to-bottom (TTB).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Phags-pa have?

Phags-pa has 56 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Phags-pa

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Phag

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Phags-pa is a Living Top-to-bottom script from Central Asian (56 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Greek reads Left-to-right, while Phags-pa reads Top-to-bottom.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Phags-pa

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Phags-pa
ISO Code	Grek	Phag
Direction	Left-to-right	Top-to-bottom
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	Central Asian
Characters	518	56
Languages	5	0
Script Type	Alphabet	Abugida
Descended From	Phoenician	Tibetan
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 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+A840–U+A877