Chini (asomtavruli , nuskhuri , mkhedruli ჩ) is the 29th letter of the three
Georgian scripts
The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are written ...
.
[Machavariani, p. 136]
In the system of
Georgian numerals
The Georgian numerals are the system of number names used in Georgian, a language spoken in the country of Georgia. The Georgian numerals from 30 to 99 are constructed using a base-20 system, similar to the scheme used in Basque, French for n ...
it has a value of 1000.
[Mchedlidze, (2) p. 107]
Chini commonly represents the
voiceless postalveolar affricate
The voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant affricate or voiceless domed postalveolar sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with , (formerly ...
, like the pronunciation of in "chance".
Letter
Stroke order
Computer encodings
Braille
See also
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Ch (digraph)
Ch is a digraph in the Latin script. It is treated as a letter of its own in Chamorro, Old Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Igbo, Uzbek, Quechua, Guarani, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Ukrainian Łatynka and Belarusian Łacinka alphabets. Formerl ...
References
Bibliography
*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
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Georgian letters