Ani, or An (Asomtavruli: Ⴀ; Nuskhuri: ⴀ; Mkhedruli: ა; Mtavruli: Ა; Georgian: ანი, ან) is the 1st letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]
In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 1.[2]
Ani represents an open central unrounded vowel /ä/,[3] like the pronunciation of ⟨a⟩ in "father". It is typically romanized with the letter A.[4]
An additional mkhedruli ani letters, ა̈ with an umlaut, ა̄ with a macron and ა̄̈ with both umlaut and macron are used in Svan language.[5]
Letter
| asomtavruli
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nuskhuri
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mkhedruli
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mtavruli
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Three-dimensional
| asomtavruli
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nuskhuri
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mkhedruli
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Stroke order
Evolution
Evolution in Asomtavruli
| Ani evolution in Asomtavruli: 5c.|6-7c.|8c.|9c.|10c.|11c.|12c.|13c.|14-15c.|16c.|17c.|18c.[2]
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Evolution in all scripts
| Ani evolution in all three scripts[2]
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Computer encodings
Character information
| Preview |
Ⴀ |
ⴀ |
ა |
Ა
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| Unicode name
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GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER AN [9]
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GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER AN[10]
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GEORGIAN LETTER AN[9]
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GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER AN
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| Encodings |
decimal |
hex |
dec |
hex |
dec |
hex |
dec |
hex
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| Unicode |
4256 |
U+10A0 |
11520 |
U+2D00 |
4304 |
U+10D0 |
7312 |
U+1C90
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| UTF-8 |
225 130 160 |
E1 82 A0 |
226 180 128 |
E2 B4 80 |
225 131 144 |
E1 83 90 |
225 178 144 |
E1 B2 90
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| Numeric character reference |
Ⴀ |
Ⴀ |
ⴀ |
ⴀ |
ა |
ა |
Ა |
Ა
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With diacritic
| ა̈
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ა̄
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ა̄̈
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U+10D0
U+0308
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U+10D0
U+0304
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U+10D0
U+0304
U+0308
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Braille
References
- ^ Machavariani, p. 136
- ^ a b c Mchedlidze, II, p. 13
- ^ Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — pp. 18-20. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5.
- ^ "Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
- ^ Varlam Topuria, A Course of the Svan Language Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, pp. 15-17
- ^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
- ^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
- ^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
- ^ a b Unicode (1)
- ^ Unicode (2)
- ^ UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45
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) Georgian, 1991-2013
- The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991-2013