Ie (letter)

Ie, Hie, or Iota (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: ჲ; Mtavruli: Ჲ; ) is the 15th letter of the three Georgian scripts.

Historically, this letter was used instead of ი (i) after vowels. It represents the voiced palatal approximant /j/. In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 60. It is now obsolete in the Georgian language, replaced by ი (i) due to its identical pronunciation. Currently, it is used in the Svan, Mingrelian and the Laz languages. It is typically romanized with the letter J or Y.

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See also

• Iota
• Short I

References

Bibliography

• 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