Shini

Shini
Shini
Ⴘ ⴘ შ Შ
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[ʃ]
In Unicode	U+10B8, U+2D18, U+10E8, U+1CA8
Alphabetical position	28
History
Time period	c. 430 to present
Transliterations	Sh, Š
Other
Associated numbers	900
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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Shini, or Shin (Asomtavruli: Ⴘ; Nuskhuri: ⴘ; Mkhedruli: შ; Mtavruli: Შ; Georgian: შინი, შინ) is the 28th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 900.^[2] Shini commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/,^[3] like the pronunciation of ⟨sh⟩ in "shoe". It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh or with the letter Š.^[4]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

asomtavruli^[5]	nuskhuri^[6]	mkhedruli^[7]

Character information
Preview	Ⴘ		ⴘ		შ		Შ
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHIN^[8]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER SHIN^[9]		GEORGIAN LETTER SHIN^[8]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER SHIN
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4280	U+10B8	11544	U+2D18	4328	U+10E8	7336	U+1CA8
UTF-8	225 130 184	E1 82 B8	226 180 152	E2 B4 98	225 131 168	E1 83 A8	225 178 168	E1 B2 A8
Numeric character reference	Ⴘ	Ⴘ	ⴘ	ⴘ	შ	შ	Შ	Შ

mkhedruli^[10]

↑ Machavariani, p. 136
↑ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 101
↑ 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