What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Runic read?

Runic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Runic have?

Runic has 86 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Runic

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Runr

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Runic is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (86 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Runic

ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Runic
ISO Code	Grek	Runr
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	European
Characters	518	86
Languages	5	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	Phoenician	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 BCE	150 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+16A0–U+16F8