Khani (letter)

Khani, or Xan (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: ხ; Mtavruli: Ხ; ) is the 34th letter of the three Georgian scripts.

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 6000. Khani commonly represents the voiceless uvular fricative , roughly like the pronunciation of in "loch" in Scottish English. It is typically romanized with the digraph Kh, or with the letters X, and Ꭓ.

Letter

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See also

• Latin letter X
• Latin digraph Kh
• Cyrillic letter Kha

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