Shini

Shini (asomtavruli , nuskhuri , mkhedruli შ) is the 28th letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 900.[2]

Shini commonly represents the voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant /ʃ/, like the pronunciation of sh in "shoe".

Letter

asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli

Stroke order

Computer encodings

asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli
U+10B8[6] U+2D18[7] U+10E8[6]

Braile

mkhedruli[8]

See also

References

  1. Machavariani, p. 136
  2. Mchedlidze, (2) p. 101
  3. Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
  4. Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
  5. Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
  6. 1 2 Unicode (1)
  7. Unicode (2)
  8. UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45

Bibliography

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