Greek alphabet
Ellinikó alfávito
”Greek alphabet” in the modern Greek language
Script typeAlphabet
Periodc. 800 BC – present1
DirectionLeft-to-right
Official script• Greece
• Cyprus
• European Union
LanguagesGreek
Related scripts
Parent systemsEgyptian hieroglyphs• Proto-Sinaitic alphabet
• Phoenician alphabet
• Greek alphabet
Child systems• Anatolian
• Armenian
• Caucasian Albanian
• Coptic
• Cyrillic
• Georgian
• Glagolitic
• Gothic
• Old Italic (most notably Etruscan) and thus Latin and Runic
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Grek (200), ​Greek
Unicode
Unicode aliasGreek
Unicode range• U+0370–U+03FF Greek and Coptic
• U+1F00–U+1FFF Greek Extended

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Footnotes

  1. Lopez-Ruiz 2022, p. 231; Parker & Steele 2021, p. 2; Powell 2012, p. 240