Jani (letter)

Jani
Jani
Ⴟ ⴟ ჯ Ჯ
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[dʒ]
History
Time period	c. 430 to present
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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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	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

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

Character information
Preview	Ⴟ		ⴟ		ჯ		Ჯ
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JAN^[8]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER JAN^[9]		GEORGIAN LETTER JAN^[8]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI LETTER JAN
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4287	U+10BF	11551	U+2D1F	4335	U+10EF	7343	U+1CAF
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
Numeric character reference	Ⴟ	Ⴟ	ⴟ	ⴟ	ჯ	ჯ	Ჯ	Ჯ

mkhedruli^[10]

↑ 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
1 2 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