Ani (letter)
{{Short description|1st letter of the three Georgian scripts}}Ani (asomtavruli {{Script|Geok|Ⴀ}}, nuskhuri {{Script|Geok|ⴀ}}, mkhedruli ა, mtavruli Ა) is the 1st letter of the three Georgian scripts.Machavariani, p. 136
In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 1.Mchedlidze, II, p. 13
Ani represents an open central unrounded vowel {{IPA|/ä/}}, like the pronunciation of {{angle bracket|a}} in "father".
Letter
=Stroke order=
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=Evolution=
==Evolution in Asomtavruli==
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width="1000"|Ani evolution in Asomtavruli: 5c.|6-7c.|8c.|9c.|10c.|11c.|12c.|13c.|14-15c.|16c.|17c.|18c. |
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align="center"|1000px |
==Evolution in all scripts==
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width="400"|Ani evolution in all three scripts |
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align="center"|400px |
Computer encodings
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width="100"|asomtavruli
!width="100"|nuskhuri !width="100"|mkhedruli |
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align="center"|U+10A0Unicode (1)
|align="center"|U+2D00Unicode (2) |
Braille
border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" |
width="100"|mkhedruliUNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45 |
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bgcolor=white
|align="center"|80px |
Related letters and other similar characters
- Latin letter A
- Cyrillic letter A
- Alpha, Greek letter
References
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Bibliography
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- Mchedlidze, T. I, The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
- Mchedlidze, T. II, The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
- Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
- The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U10A0.pdf Georgian], 1991-2013
- The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2D00.pdf Georgian Supplement], 1991-2013
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