What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Linear A read?

Linear A reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Linear A have?

Linear A has 341 characters in Unicode.

Latin vs Linear A

Writing system comparison · ISO Latn vs ISO Lina

Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. Linear A is a Living Left-to-right script (341 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Latin

Hello World

Linear A

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Latin	Linear A
ISO Code	Latn	Lina
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	—
Characters	1,492	341
Languages	515	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Syllabary
Descended From	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)	—
Total Speakers	~2.2B	—
Introduced	700 CE	—
Unicode Ranges	U+0041–U+007A U+00AA–U+00F6 U+00F8–U+01BA U+01BB–U+01C3 U+01C4–U+0293 U+0294–U+02AF U+02B0–U+02E4 U+1D00–U+1D77 U+1D79–U+1D9A U+1D9B–U+1DBE U+1E00–U+1EFF U+2071–U+209C U+212A–U+214E U+2160–U+2188 U+2C60–U+2C7F U+A722–U+A7FF U+AB30–U+AB69 U+FB00–U+FB06 U+FF21–U+FF5A U+10780–U+107BA U+1DF00–U+1DF2A	U+10600–U+10767