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27th letter of the three Georgian scripts
| Q'ari |
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| Writing system | Georgian script |
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| Type | Alphabetic |
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| Language of origin | Georgian language |
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| Sound values | [χʼ], [qʼ], [q͡χʼ] |
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| In Unicode | U+10B7, U+2D17, U+10E7, U+1CA7 |
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| Alphabetical position | 27 |
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| Time period | c. 430 to present |
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| Transliterations | Q, Q’, Q̇ |
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| Associated numbers | 800 |
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| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
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Q'ari, or Qar (Asomtavruli: Ⴗ; Nuskhuri: ⴗ; Mkhedruli: ყ; Mtavruli: Ყ; Georgian: ყარი, ყარ) is the 27th letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]
In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 800.[2]
Q'ari represents the uvular ejective fricative /χʼ/[3] (commonly phonemicized as the uvular ejective stop /qʼ/). It is typically romanized with the letter Q, Q’, or Q̇.[4]
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Character information
| Preview | Ⴗ | ⴗ | ყ | Ყ |
| Unicode name |
GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER QAR[8] |
GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER QAR[9] |
GEORGIAN LETTER QAR[8] |
GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER QAR |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 4279 | U+10B7 | 11543 | U+2D17 | 4327 | U+10E7 | 7335 | U+1CA7 |
| UTF-8 | 225 130 183 | E1 82 B7 | 226 180 151 | E2 B4 97 | 225 131 167 | E1 83 A7 | 225 178 167 | E1 B2 A7 |
| Numeric character reference | Ⴗ | Ⴗ | ⴗ | ⴗ | ყ | ყ | Ყ | Ყ |
- ↑ Machavariani, p. 136
- ↑ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 100
- ↑ Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5
- ↑ "Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
- ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
- ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
- ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
- 1 2 Unicode (1)
- ↑ Unicode (2)
- ↑ UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45
- Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
- Mchedlidze, T. (2) 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
