Greek

ISO 15924: GrekAlphabet27 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

Όλοι οι άνθρωποι γεννιούνται ελεύθεροι και ίσοι στην αξιοπρέπεια και τα δικαιώματα

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt + app-maintained overrides
Greek is normally written left-to-right horizontally.
Script Properties
Family
Greek
Geographic origin
Mediterranean
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
grek
Descended from the Phoenician abjad (c. 800 BCE). The first alphabet to represent vowels. Ancestor of Latin, Cyrillic, Coptic, Gothic, and other scripts.

Related Scripts

LatnLatinCyrlCyrillicCoptCopticGlagGlagoliticGothGothicArmnArmenianGlagGlagolitic

Unicode Blocks

Greek and CopticU+0370Phonetic ExtensionsU+1D00Greek ExtendedU+1F00

3 Unicode blocks contain Greek characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Language-specific characters and typing resources

A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
21

Arbëreshë Albanian
aae
Arvanitika Albanian
aat
Cypriot Arabic
acy
Balkan Gagauz Turkish
bgx
Coptic
cop
Cappadocian Greek
cpg
Eteocretan
ecr
Modern Greek (1453-)
ell
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
grc
Interglossa
igs
Pontic
pnt
Balkan Romani
rmn
Sicel
scx
Sicanian
sxc
Tsakonian
tsd
Thracian
txh
Urum
uum
Bactrian
xbc
Dacian
xdc
Phrygian
xpg
Yevanic
yej

Single-source attestation (AUX)
6

Arabic
araSingle source
Gagauz
gagSingle source
Ladino
ladSingle source
Macedo-Romanian
rupSingle source
Albanian
sqiSingle source
Turkish
turSingle source