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Nuskhuri, like Asomtavruli, is also often highly stylized. Writers readily formed ligatures and abbreviations for nomina sacra , including diacritics called karagma , which resemble titla . Because writing materials such as vellum were scarce and therefore precious, abbreviating was a practical measure widespread in manuscripts and hagiography ...
Khari or Hari (asomtavruli Ⴤ, nuskhuri ⴤ, mkhedruli ჴ, mtavruli Ჴ) is the 35th letter of the three Georgian scripts. [1] In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 7000. Now obsolete. [2]
Georgian is a Unicode block containing the Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli Georgian characters used to write Modern Georgian, Svan, and Mingrelian languages. Another lower case, Nuskhuri, is encoded in a separate Georgian Supplement block, which is used with the Asomtavruli to write the ecclesiastical Khutsuri Georgian script.
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".
Ie or Iota (asomtavruli Ⴢ, nuskhuri ⴢ, mkhedruli ჲ, mtavruli Ჲ) is the 15th letter of the three Georgian scripts. [1] In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 60. It is now obsolete in the Georgian language. [2]
Ghani (asomtavruli Ⴖ, nuskhuri ⴖ, mkhedruli ღ, mtavruli Ღ) is the 26th letter of the three Georgian scripts. [1]In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 700.
Khani (asomtavruli Ⴞ, nuskhuri ⴞ, mkhedruli ხ, mtavruli Ხ) is the 34th letter of the three Georgian scripts. [1] In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 6000. [2] Khani commonly represents the voiceless velar fricative /x/, like the pronunciation of ch in "bach".
Ts'ili (asomtavruli Ⴜ, nuskhuri ⴜ, mkhedruli წ, mtavruli Წ) is the 32nd letter of the three Georgian scripts. [1] In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 4000. [2] Ts'ili represents the Alveolar ejective affricate [tsʼ]. Pronounced as a hard tsani.