What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Sogdian read?

Sogdian reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Sogdian have?

Sogdian has 42 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Sogdian

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Sogd

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Sogdian is a Historical Right-to-left script from Central Asian (42 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Greek reads Left-to-right, while Sogdian reads Right-to-left.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Sogdian

𐼰𐼱𐼲

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Sogdian
ISO Code	Grek	Sogd
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	Central Asian
Characters	518	42
Languages	5	0
Script Type	Alphabet	Abjad
Descended From	Phoenician	Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers	~13M	—
Introduced	800 BCE	200 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+10F30–U+10F59