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]

Language of originGeorgian language

Sound values[dʒ]

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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]

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

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