Jani (letter)

Jani (asomtavruli Ⴟ, nuskhuri ⴟ, mkhedruli 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/, like the pronunciation of ⟨dg⟩ in "hedge".

Letter
asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli

Stroke order

Computer encodings
asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli
U+10BF[6] U+2D1F[7] U+10EF[6]

Braille
mkhedruli[8]

See also
  • J, Latin letter

References
  1. Machavariani, p. 136
  2. Mchedlidze, (2) p. 119
  3. Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
  4. Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
  5. Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
  6. Unicode (1)
  7. Unicode (2)
  8. 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
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