Mani (letter)

Mani, or Man (Asomtavruli: Ⴋ; Nuskhuri: ⴋ; Mkhedruli: მ; Mtavruli: Მ; Georgian: მანი, მან) is the 13th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 40.^[2] Mani commonly represents the voiced bilabial nasal /m/, like the pronunciation of ⟨m⟩^[3] in "mine". It is typically romanized with the letter M.^[4]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

asomtavruli^[5]	nuskhuri^[6]	mkhedruli^[7]

Character information
Preview	Ⴋ		ⴋ		მ		Მ
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER MAN^[8]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER MAN^[9]		GEORGIAN LETTER MAN^[8]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER MAN
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4267	U+10AB	11531	U+2D0B	4315	U+10DB	7323	U+1C9B
UTF-8	225 130 171	E1 82 AB	226 180 139	E2 B4 8B	225 131 155	E1 83 9B	225 178 155	E1 B2 9B
Numeric character reference	Ⴋ	Ⴋ	ⴋ	ⴋ	მ	მ	Მ	Მ

mkhedruli^[10]

^ Machavariani, p. 136
^ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 44
^ Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5
^ "Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
^ 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

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, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991-2013
The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991-2013