Shini Explained

Shini (asomtavruli, nuskhuri, mkhedruli შ, mtavruli Შ) is the 28th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 900.^[2]

Shini commonly represents the voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant pronounced as //ʃ//, like the pronunciation of in "shoe".

Letter

Stroke order

See also

• Sh (digraph)

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

Notes and References

1. Machavariani, p. 136
2. Mchedlidze, (2) p. 101
3. Unicode (1)
4. Unicode (2)
5. UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45