Jani or Jan (Asomtavruli: Ⴟ, Nuskhuri: ⴟ, Mkhedruli: ჯ, Mtavruli: Ჯ) is the 36th letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]
In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 8000.[2] Jani commonly represents the voiced palato-alveolar affricate /dʒ/,[3] like the pronunciation of ⟨dg⟩ in "hedge". It is typically romanized with the letter J.[4]
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
Computer encodings
Character information
| Preview |
Ⴟ |
ⴟ |
ჯ |
Ჯ
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| Unicode name
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GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JAN[8]
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GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER JAN[9]
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GEORGIAN LETTER JAN[8]
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GEORGIAN MTAVRULI LETTER JAN
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| Encodings |
decimal |
hex |
dec |
hex |
dec |
hex |
dec |
hex
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| Unicode |
4287 |
U+10BF |
11551 |
U+2D1F |
4335 |
U+10EF |
7343 |
U+1CAF
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| UTF-8 |
225 130 191 |
E1 82 BF |
226 180 159 |
E2 B4 9F |
225 131 175 |
E1 83 AF |
225 178 175 |
E1 B2 AF
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| Numeric character reference |
Ⴟ |
Ⴟ |
ⴟ |
ⴟ |
ჯ |
ჯ |
Ჯ |
Ჯ
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Braille
See also
References
- ^ Machavariani, p. 136
- ^ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 119
- ^ 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
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, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991–2013
- The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991–2013