What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Phoenician read?

Phoenician reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Phoenician have?

Phoenician has 29 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Phoenician

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Phnx

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Phoenician is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (29 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Greek reads Left-to-right, while Phoenician reads Right-to-left.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Phoenician

𐤀𐤁𐤂

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Phoenician
ISO Code	Grek	Phnx
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	Middle Eastern
Characters	518	29
Languages	5	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Abjad
Descended From	Phoenician	—
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 BCE	1050 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+10900–U+1091F