Jani (letter) explained

Jani (asomtavruli, nuskhuri, 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 pronounced as //dʒ//, like the pronunciation of in "hedge".

Letter

Stroke order

See also

• J, Latin letter

References

sus usu -728 (72უინ) §3928 ეუსდ დჯსდდ შენი დედა

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. 119
3. Unicode (1)
4. Unicode (2)
5. UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45