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== Summary == {{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | image1 = Wikipedia puzzle globe on the wall of the Wikimedia Foundation, 2010-10-26.jpg | width1 = 250 | alt1 = | caption1 = The Georgian letter {{angbr|ვ}} is on the [[Logo of Wikipedia|Wikipedia logo]] (lower left). | image2 = 0873 - Kaukasus 2014 - Georgien - Batumi (17349857412).jpg | width2 = 250 | alt2 = | caption2 = The [[Alphabetic Tower]] seen on panorama of Georgia's port city of [[Batumi]] }} This table lists the three scripts in parallel columns, including the letters that are now obsolete in all alphabets (shown with a blue background), obsolete in Georgian but still used in other alphabets (green background), or additional letters in languages other than Georgian (pink background). The "national" transliteration is the system used by the Georgian government, whereas "Laz" is the [[Laz language|Latin Laz alphabet]] used in Turkey. The table also shows the traditional numeric values of the letters.{{sfn|Aronson|1990|pp=30–31}} <br /> {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="4" align="center"|Letters !rowspan="2"|[[Unicode]]<br/>(mkhedruli) !rowspan="2"|Name !rowspan="2"|[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] !colspan="4" align="center"|[[Romanization of Georgian|Transcriptions]] !rowspan="2"|Numeric<br/>value |- ! <small>asomtavruli</small> !! <small>nuskhuri</small> !! <small>mkhedruli</small> !! <small>mtavruli</small> ! <small>[[Georgian national system of romanization|National]]</small> !! <small>[[ISO 9984]]</small> !! <small>[[BGN/PCGN romanization|BGN]]</small> !! <small>[[Laz alphabet|Laz]]</small> |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴀ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴀ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ა|ა]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ა || U+10D0 || ani ||{{IPAslink|ɑ}}, Svan {{IPA|/a, æ/}} || A a || A a || A a || A a || 1 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴁ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴁ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ბ|ბ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ბ || U+10D1 || bani ||{{IPAslink|b}} || B b || B b || B b || B b || 2 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴂ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴂ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:გ|გ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Გ || U+10D2 || gani ||{{IPAslink|ɡ}} || G g || G g || G g || G g || 3 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴃ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴃ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:დ|დ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Დ || U+10D3 || doni ||{{IPAslink|d}} || D d || D d || D d || D d || 4 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴄ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴄ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ე|ე]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ე || U+10D4 || eni ||{{IPAslink|ɛ}} || E e || E e || E e || E e || 5 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴅ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴅ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ვ|ვ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ვ || U+10D5 || vini ||{{IPAslink|v}} || V v || V v || V v || V v || 6 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴆ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴆ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ზ|ზ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ზ || U+10D6 || zeni ||{{IPAslink|z}} || Z z || Z z || Z z || Z z || 7 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| Ⴡ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| {{Script|Geok|ⴡ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[wikt:ჱ|ჱ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Ჱ || U+10F1 || he ||{{IPA|/eɪ/}}, Svan {{IPA|/eː/}} || — || Ē ē || Ey ey || — || 8 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴇ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴇ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:თ|თ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Თ || U+10D7 || tani ||{{IPAslink|t|t⁽ʰ⁾}} || T t || Tʼ tʼ || Tʼ tʼ || T t || 9 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴈ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴈ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ი|ი]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ი || U+10D8 || ini ||{{IPAslink|i}} || I i || I i || I i || I i || 10 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴉ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴉ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:კ|კ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Კ || U+10D9 || kʼani ||{{IPAslink|kʼ}} || Kʼ kʼ || K k || K k || Ǩ ǩ || 20 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴊ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴊ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ლ|ლ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ლ || U+10DA || lasi ||{{IPAslink|l}} || L l || L l || L l || L l || 30 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴋ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴋ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:მ|მ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Მ || U+10DB || mani ||{{IPAslink|m}} || M m || M m || M m || M m || 40 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴌ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴌ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ნ|ნ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ნ || U+10DC || nari ||{{IPAslink|n}} || N n || N n || N n || N n || 50 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| Ⴢ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| {{Script|Geok|ⴢ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[wikt:ჲ|ჲ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Ჲ || U+10F2 || hie ||{{IPA|/je/}}, Mingrelian, Laz, & Svan {{IPAslink|j}} || — || Y y || J j || Y y || 60 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴍ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴍ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ო|ო]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ო || U+10DD || oni ||{{IPAslink|ɔ}}, Svan {{IPA|/ɔ, œ/}} || O o || O o || O o || O o || 70 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴎ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴎ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:პ|პ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Პ || U+10DE || pʼari ||{{IPAslink|pʼ}} || Pʼ pʼ || P p || P p || P̌ p̌ || 80 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴏ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴏ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ჟ|ჟ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ჟ || U+10DF || zhani ||{{IPAslink|ʒ}} || Zh zh || Ž ž || Zh zh || J j || 90 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴐ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴐ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:რ|რ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Რ || U+10E0 || rae ||{{IPAslink|r}} || R r || R r || R r || R r || 100 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴑ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴑ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ს|ს]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ს || U+10E1 || sani ||{{IPAslink|s}} || S s || S s || S s || S s || 200 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴒ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴒ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ტ|ტ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ტ || U+10E2 || tʼari ||{{IPAslink|tʼ}} || Tʼ tʼ || T t || T t || Ť t͏̌ || 300 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| Ⴣ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| {{Script|Geok|ⴣ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[wikt:ჳ|ჳ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Ჳ || U+10F3 || vie ||{{IPA|/uɪ/}}, Svan {{IPAslink|w}} || — || W w || — || — || 400{{efn|name=400sam|ჳ and უ have the same numeric value (400)}} |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴓ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴓ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:უ|უ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Უ || U+10E3 || uni ||{{IPAslink|u}}, Svan {{IPA|/u, y/}} || U u || U u || U u || U u || 400{{efn|name=400sam}} |- | style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| Ⴧ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| {{Script|Geok|ⴧ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | [[wikt:ჷ|ჷ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | Ჷ || U+10F7 || yn, schva || Mingrelian & Svan {{IPAslink|ə}} || — || — || — || — || — |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴔ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴔ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ფ|ფ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ფ || U+10E4 || pari ||{{IPAslink|p|p⁽ʰ⁾}} || P p || Pʼ pʼ || Pʼ pʼ || P p || 500 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴕ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴕ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ქ|ქ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ქ || U+10E5 || kani ||{{IPAslink|k|k⁽ʰ⁾}} || K k || Kʼ kʼ || Kʼ kʼ || K k || 600 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴖ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴖ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ღ|ღ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ღ || U+10E6 || ghani ||{{IPAslink|ɣ}} || Gh gh || Ḡ ḡ || Gh gh || Ğ ğ || 700 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴗ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴗ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ყ|ყ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ყ || U+10E7 || qʼari ||{{IPAslink|qʼ}} || Qʼ qʼ || Q q || Q q || Q q || 800 |- | style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| — || style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | [[wikt:ჸ|ჸ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | Ჸ || U+10F8 || elif ||Mingrelian & Svan {{IPAslink|ʔ}} || — || — || — || — || — |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴘ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴘ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:შ|შ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Შ || U+10E8 || shini ||{{IPAslink|ʃ}} || Sh sh || Š š || Sh sh || Ş ş || 900 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴙ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴙ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ჩ|ჩ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ჩ || U+10E9 || chini ||{{IPAslink|tʃ|tʃ⁽ʰ⁾}} || Ch ch || Čʼ čʼ || Chʼ chʼ || Ç ç || 1000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴚ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴚ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ც|ც]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ც || U+10EA || tsani ||{{IPAslink|ts|ts⁽ʰ⁾}} || Ts ts || Cʼ cʼ || Tsʼ tsʼ || Ʒ ʒ || 2000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴛ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴛ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ძ|ძ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ძ || U+10EB || dzili ||{{IPAslink|dz}} || Dz dz || J j || Dz dz || Ž ž || 3000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴜ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴜ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:წ|წ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Წ || U+10EC || tsʼili ||{{IPAslink|tsʼ}} || Tsʼ tsʼ || C c || Ts ts || Ǯ ǯ || 4000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴝ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴝ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ჭ|ჭ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ჭ || U+10ED || chʼari ||{{IPAslink|tʃʼ}} || Chʼ chʼ || Č č || Ch ch || Ç̌ ç̌ || 5000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴞ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴞ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ხ|ხ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ხ || U+10EE || khani ||{{IPAslink|χ}} || Kh kh || X x || Kh kh || X x || 6000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| Ⴤ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| {{Script|Geok|ⴤ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[wikt:ჴ|ჴ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Ჴ || U+10F4 || qari, hari ||{{IPAslink|q|q⁽ʰ⁾}} || — || H̱ ẖ || qʼ || — || 7000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴟ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴟ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ჯ|ჯ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ჯ || U+10EF || jani ||{{IPAslink|dʒ}} || J j || J̌ ǰ || J j || C c || 8000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| Ⴠ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;"| {{Script|Geok|ⴠ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | [[wikt:ჰ|ჰ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%" | Ჰ || U+10F0 || hae ||{{IPAslink|h}} || H h || H h || H h || H h || 9000 |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| Ⴥ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| {{Script|Geok|ⴥ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | [[wikt:ჵ|ჵ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Ჵ || U+10F5 || hoe ||{{IPAslink|oː}}, Bats {{IPA|/ʕ, ɦ/}} || — || Ō ō || — || — || 10000 |- | style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| — || style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | [[wikt:ჶ|ჶ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | Ჶ || U+10F6 || fi ||Laz {{IPAslink|f}} || — || F f || — || F f || — |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | [[wikt:ჹ|ჹ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Ჹ || U+10F9 || turned gani || Dagestanian languages {{IPAslink|ɢ}} in evangelical literature<ref name="addit"/> || — || — || — || — || — |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | [[wikt:ჺ|ჺ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Ჺ || U+10FA || aini || Bats {{IPAslink|ʕ}}<ref name="addit"/> || — || — || — || — || — |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | [[wikt:ჼ|ჼ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | — || U+10FC || modifier nar || Bats {{IPAslink|◌̃}} [[nasalization]] of preceding vowel<ref name="omni_Bats" /> || — || — || — || — || — |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| Ⴭ || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| {{Script|Geok|ⴭ}} || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | [[wikt:ჽ|ჽ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Ჽ || U+10FD || aen<ref name="N3775" /> || Ossetian {{IPAslink|ə}}<ref name="omni_Osse" /> || — || — || — || — || — |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | [[wikt:ჾ|ჾ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Ჾ || U+10FE || [[hard sign]]<ref name="N3775" /> || Abkhaz [[velarization]] of preceding consonant<ref name="N3775" /> || — || — || — || — || — |- |style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff"| — || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | [[wikt:ჿ|ჿ]] || style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Ჿ || U+10FF || labial sign<ref name="N3775" /> || Abkhaz [[labialization]] of preceding consonant<ref name="N3775" /> || — || — || — || — || — |}
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