Ani (letter)

Ani
Ani
Ⴀ ⴀ ა Ა
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[ä]
In Unicode	U+10A0, U+2D00, U+10D0, U+1C90
Alphabetical position	1
History
Time period	c. 430 to present
Transliterations	A
Other
Associated numbers	1
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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Ani, or An (Asomtavruli: Ⴀ; Nuskhuri: ⴀ; Mkhedruli: ა; Mtavruli: Ა; Georgian: ანი, ან) is the 1st letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 1.^[2] Ani represents the open central unrounded vowel /ä/,^[3] like the pronunciation of ⟨a⟩ in "father". It is typically romanized with the letter A.^[4]

ა̈ with an umlaut, ა̄ with a macron and ა̄̈ with both an umlaut and macron are used to write Svan as part of the modern Mkhedruli alphabet.^[5]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

asomtavruli^[6]	nuskhuri^[7]	mkhedruli^[8]

asomtavruli^[2]

Ani evolution in all three scripts^[2]

Character information
Preview	Ⴀ		ⴀ		ა		Ა
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER AN ^[9]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER AN^[10]		GEORGIAN LETTER AN^[9]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER AN
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4256	U+10A0	11520	U+2D00	4304	U+10D0	7312	U+1C90
UTF-8	225 130 160	E1 82 A0	226 180 128	E2 B4 80	225 131 144	E1 83 90	225 178 144	E1 B2 90
Numeric character reference	Ⴀ	Ⴀ	ⴀ	ⴀ	ა	ა	Ა	Ა

ა̈	ა̄	ა̄̈

U+10D0 U+0308	U+10D0 U+0304	U+10D0 U+0304 U+0308

mkhedruli^[11]

↑ Machavariani, p. 136
1 2 3 Mchedlidze, II, p. 13
↑ Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — pp. 18-20. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5.
↑ "Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
↑ Varlam Topuria, A Course of the Svan Language Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, pp. 15-17
↑ 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. 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) Georgian, 1991-2013
The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991-2013