Ani (letter)

Ani (asomtavruli Ⴀ, nuskhuri ⴀ, mkhedruli ა, mtavruli Ა) 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 an open central unrounded vowel /a/, like the pronunciation of ⟨a⟩ in "father".

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli^[3]

nuskhuri^[4]

mkhedruli^[5]

Evolution

Evolution in Asomtavruli

Ani evolution in Asomtavruli: 5c.|6-7c.|8c.|9c.|10c.|11c.|12c.|13c.|14-15c.|16c.|17c.|18c.[2]

Evolution in all scripts

Ani evolution in all three scripts[2]

Computer encodings

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli
U+10A0[6]	U+2D00[7]	U+10D0[6]

Braille

mkhedruli[8]

Related letters and other similar characters

• Latin letter A
• Cyrillic letter A
• Alpha, Greek letter

References

1. Machavariani, p. 136
2. Mchedlidze, II, p. 13
3. Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
4. Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
5. Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
6. Unicode (1)
7. Unicode (2)
8. UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45

Bibliography

• 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