Chini (letter)

Chini (asomtavruli , nuskhuri , mkhedruli ჩ, mtavruli Ჩ) is the 29th letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 1000.[2]

Chini commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ch⟩ in "chance".

  1. ^ Machavariani, p. 136
  2. ^ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 107