What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Phoenician read?

Phoenician reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Phoenician have?

Phoenician has 29 characters in Unicode.

Latin vs Phoenician

Writing system comparison · ISO Latn vs ISO Phnx

Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 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: Latin reads Left-to-right, while Phoenician reads Right-to-left.

Latin

Hello World

Phoenician

𐤀𐤁𐤂

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Latin	Phoenician
ISO Code	Latn	Phnx
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	Middle Eastern
Characters	1,492	29
Languages	515	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Abjad
Descended From	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)	—
Total Speakers	~2.2B	—
Introduced	700 CE	1050 BCE
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+10900–U+1091F