Uni (letter)

Uni, or Un (Asomtavruli: ႭჃ, later Ⴓ; Nuskhuri: ⴍⴣ, later ⴓ; Mkhedruli: უ or ; Mtavruli: Უ; Georgian: უნი, უნ) is the 23rd letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

Writing systemGeorgian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originGeorgian language

Sound values[u], [y]

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Uni
Ⴓ ⴓ უ Უ
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[u], [y]
In Unicode	U+10B3, U+2D13, U+10E3, U+1CA3
Alphabetical position	23
History
Development	ႭჃ ⴍⴣ ⴓ Ⴓ ⴓ უ Უ
Time period	c. 430 to present
Transliterations	U
Other
Associated numbers	400
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 400 as letter Vie.^[2] Uni commonly represents the close back rounded vowel /u/,^[3] like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "boot". In the Svan language, Uni also represents the close front rounded vowel /y/.^[4] It is typically romanized with the letter U.^[5]

An additional mkhedruli uni letters, უ̈ with an umlaut, უ̄ with a macron, უ̄̈ with both umlaut and macron, and უ̂ with a circumflex are used in Svan language.^[6]