What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Syriac read?

Syriac reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Syriac have?

Syriac has 88 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Syriac

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Syrc

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Syriac is a Liturgical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (88 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Greek reads Left-to-right, while Syriac reads Right-to-left.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Syriac

ܫܠܡܐ

ܐܠܦܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Syriac
ISO Code	Grek	Syrc
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Liturgical
Region	European	Middle Eastern
Characters	518	88
Languages	5	1
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+0700–U+074F U+0860–U+086A