Ani (letter)

Ani, or An (Asomtavruli: Ⴀ; Nuskhuri: ⴀ; Mkhedruli: ა; Mtavruli: Ა; Georgian: ანი, ან) is the 1st letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

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
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli^[4]

nuskhuri^[5]

mkhedruli^[6]

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

Character information

Preview	Ⴀ		ⴀ		ა		Ა
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER AN [7]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER AN[8]		GEORGIAN LETTER AN[7]		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

Braille

mkhedruli[9]

Related letters and other similar characters

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