Sani (letter)

Sani, or San (Asomtavruli: Ⴑ; Nuskhuri: ⴑ; Mkhedruli: ს; Mtavruli: Ს; Georgian: სანი, სან) is the 20th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 200.^[2] Sani commonly represents the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/,^[3] like the pronunciation of ⟨s⟩ in "see". It is typically romanized with the letter S.^[4]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

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

Character information
Preview	Ⴑ		ⴑ		ს		Ს
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SAN^[8]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER SAN^[9]		GEORGIAN LETTER SAN^[8]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER SAN
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4273	U+10B1	11537	U+2D11	4321	U+10E1	7329	U+1CA1
UTF-8	225 130 177	E1 82 B1	226 180 145	E2 B4 91	225 131 161	E1 83 A1	225 178 161	E1 B2 A1
Numeric character reference	Ⴑ	Ⴑ	ⴑ	ⴑ	ს	ს	Ს	Ს

mkhedruli^[10]

^ Machavariani, p. 136
^ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 64
^ 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