Ini (Georgian letter)

For the letter from the Armenian script, see Ini (Armenian letter).

Ini, or In (Asomtavruli: Ⴈ; Nuskhuri: ⴈ; Mkhedruli: ი; Mtavruli: Ი: Georgian: ინი, ინ) is the 10th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

Ini
Ⴈ ⴈ ი Ი
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[i], [ɪ]
In Unicode	U+10A8, U+2D08, U+10D8, U+1C98
Alphabetical position	10
History
Time period	c. 430 to present
Transliterations	I
Other
Associated numbers	10
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 10.^[2] Ini commonly represents the close front unrounded vowel /i/, like the pronunciation of ⟨i⟩ in "machine", or the near-close near-front unrounded vowel /ɪ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨i⟩ in "sin". It is typically romanized with the letter I.^[3]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli^[4]

nuskhuri^[5]

mkhedruli^[6]

Computer encodings

Character information

Preview	Ⴈ		ⴈ		ი		Ი
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER IN[7]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER IN[8]		GEORGIAN LETTER IN[7]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER IN
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4264	U+10A8	11528	U+2D08	4312	U+10D8	7320	U+1C98
UTF-8	225 130 168	E1 82 A8	226 180 136	E2 B4 88	225 131 152	E1 83 98	225 178 152	E1 B2 98
Numeric character reference	Ⴈ	Ⴈ	ⴈ	ⴈ	ი	ი	Ი	Ი

Braille

mkhedruli[9]

See also

• Latin letter I
• Cyrillic letter I
• Greek letter Iota
• Armenian letter Ini