Ani, or An (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: ა; Mtavruli: Ა; ) is the 1st letter of the three Georgian scripts.Machavariani, p. 136
In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 1.Mchedlidze, II, p. 13 Ani represents the open central unrounded vowel ,Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — pp. 18-20. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5. like the pronunciation of in "father". It is typically romanized with the letter A.
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.Varlam Topuria, A Course of the Svan Language Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, pp. 15-17 Letter asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedrulimtavruli Stroke order asomtavruliMchedlidze, I, p. 105nuskhuriMchedlidze, I, p. 107mkhedruliMchedlidze, I, p. 110
Evolution Evolution in Asomtavruli asomtavruli
Evolution in all scripts Ani evolution in all three scripts
Computer encodings
With diacritic
Braille mkhedruliUNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45
Related letters and other similar characters Latin letter A Cyrillic letter A Alpha, Greek letter
References
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