Ie, Hie, or Iota (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: ჲ; Mtavruli: Ჲ; ) is the 15th letter of the three Georgian scripts.Machavariani, p. 136
Historically, this letter was used instead of ი (i) after vowels. It represents the voiced palatal approximant /j/.Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5 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.Mchedlidze, (2) p. 57 Currently, it is used in the Svan, Mingrelian and the Laz languages.Varlam Topuria, A Course of the Svan Language Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, p. 18René Lacroix (2009) Description du dialecte laze d’Arhavi; Grammaire et textes, Ecole Doctorale Lettres, Langues, Linguistique et Arts, Université Lumière Lyon, p. 15 It is typically romanized with the letter J or Y.
Letter asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedrulimtavruli Three-dimensional asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedruli Stroke order asomtavruliMchedlidze, I, p. 105
Computer encodings
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