Ie (letter)

Ie, Hie, or Iota (Asomtavruli: Ⴢ; Nuskhuri: ⴢ; Mkhedruli: ჲ; Mtavruli: Ჲ; Georgian: იე, იოტა, ჲოტა) is the 15th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

Writing systemGeorgian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originGeorgian language

Sound values[j]

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Ie
Ⴢ ⴢ ჲ Ჲ
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[j]
In Unicode	U+10C2, U+2D22, U+10F2, U+1CB2
Alphabetical position	15
History
Time period	c. 430 to present
Transliterations	J, Y
Other
Associated numbers	60
Writing direction	Left-to-right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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Historically, this letter was used instead of ი (i) after vowels. It represents the voiced palatal approximant /j/.^[2] In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 60. It is now obsolete in the Georgian language, replaced by ი (i) due to its identical pronunciation.^[3] Currently, it is used in the Svan, Mingrelian and the Laz languages.^[4][5] It is typically romanized with the letter J or Y.^[6]