Oni (letter)

Oni, or On (Asomtavruli: Ⴍ; Nuskhuri: ⴍ; Mkhedruli; ო or ʟ; Mtavruli: Ო; Georgian: ონი, ონ) is the 16th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1] The letter Oni can also be spelled like the Latin letter L, however this version of writing Oni has fallen out of favour.

Writing systemGeorgian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originGeorgian language

Sound values[o̞]

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Oni
Ⴍ ⴍ ო Ო
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[o̞]
In Unicode	U+10AD, U+2D0D, U+10DD, U+1C9D
Alphabetical position	16
History
Development	Ο ο Ⴍ ⴍ ო Ო
Time period	c. 430 to present
Transliterations	O
Other
Associated numbers	70
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 70.^[2] Oni commonly represents the mid back rounded vowel /o̞/,^[3] like between the pronunciation of ⟨o⟩ in "story" and the pronunciation of ⟨aw⟩ in "yawn" (Received Pronunciation). It is typically romanized with the letter O.^[4]

An additional mkhedruli oni letters, ო̈ with an umlaut, ო̄ with a macron and ო̄̈ with both umlaut and macron are used in the Svan language.^[5]