Ani (asomtavruli , nuskhuri , mkhedruli ა) is the 1st letter of the three

Georgian scripts The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are written ...

.Machavariani, p. 136 In the system of

Georgian numerals The Georgian numerals are the system of number names used in Georgian, a language spoken in the country of Georgia. The Georgian numerals from 30 to 99 are constructed using a base-20 system, similar to the scheme used in Basque, French for ...

it has a value of 1.Mchedlidze, II, p. 13 Ani represents an

open central unrounded vowel The open central unrounded vowel, or low central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in many spoken languages. While the International Phonetic Alphabet officially has no dedicated letter for this sound between front and back , it ...

, like the pronunciation of in "father".

Letter

Stroke order

Evolution

Evolution in Asomtavruli

Evolution in all scripts

Computer encodings

Braille

Related letters and other similar characters

* Latin letter A * Cyrillic letter A * Alpha, Greek letter

References

Bibliography

*Mchedlidze, T. I, The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013 *Mchedlidze, T. II, The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013 *Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011 *The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1
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