Jani (asomtavruli , nuskhuri , mkhedruli ჯ) is the 36th 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 ho ...
.
[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 nu ...
it has a value of 8000.
[Mchedlidze, (2) p. 119]
Jani commonly represents the
voiced palato-alveolar affricate
The voiced palato-alveolar sibilant affricate, voiced post-alveolar affricate or voiced domed postalveolar sibilant affricate, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic ...
, like the pronunciation of in "hedge".
Letter
Stroke order
Computer encodings
Braille
See also
*
J, Latin letter
References
sus usu -728 (72უინ) §3928 ეუსდ დჯსდდ
შენი დედა
Bibliography
*Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
*Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
*Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
*
The Unicode Standard
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard, whic ...
, Version 6.3, (1
Georgian 1991–2013
*The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2
Georgian Supplement 1991–2013
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Georgian letters