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32nd letter of the three Georgian scripts
| Ts'ili |
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| Writing system | Georgian script |
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| Type | Alphabetic |
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| Language of origin | Georgian language |
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| Sound values | [tsʼ] |
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| In Unicode | U+10BC, U+2D1C, U+10EC, U+1CAC |
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| Alphabetical position | 32 |
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| Time period | c. 430 to present |
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| Transliterations | Ts, Tsʼ, C, Ç, C̣ |
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| Associated numbers | 4000 |
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| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
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Ts'ili, or Ts'il (Asomtavruli: Ⴜ; Nuskhuri: ⴜ; Mkhedruli: წ; Mtavruli: Წ; Georgian: წილი, წილ) is the 32nd letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]
In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 4000.[2]
Ts'ili represents the alveolar ejective affricate [tsʼ].[3] It is typically romanized with the digraphs Ts, and Tsʼ, or with the letters C, Ç, and C̣.[4]
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Character information
| Preview | Ⴜ | ⴜ | წ | Წ |
| Unicode name |
GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CIL[8] |
GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER CIL[9] |
GEORGIAN LETTER CIL[8] |
GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER CIL |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 4284 | U+10BC | 11548 | U+2D1C | 4332 | U+10EC | 7340 | U+1CAC |
| UTF-8 | 225 130 188 | E1 82 BC | 226 180 156 | E2 B4 9C | 225 131 172 | E1 83 AC | 225 178 172 | E1 B2 AC |
| Numeric character reference | Ⴜ | Ⴜ | ⴜ | ⴜ | წ | წ | Წ | Წ |
- ↑ Machavariani, p. 136
- ↑ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 110
- ↑ Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5
- ↑ "Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
- ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
- ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
- ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
- 1 2 Unicode (1)
- ↑ Unicode (2)
- ↑ UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45
- 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
