Kani (letter)

Kani, Kan or Khar (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: ქ; Mtavruli: Ქ; ) is the 25th letter of the three Georgian scripts.

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 600. Kani commonly represents the voiceless velar plosive , like the pronunciation of in "king" or the pronunciation of in "can". It is typically romanized with the letter K, K’ or K‘.

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See also

• Georgian letter K'ani
• Greek letter Chi
• Cyrillic letter Kha

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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