{{Short description|10th letter of the three Georgian scripts}} {{For|the letter from the Armenian script|Ini (Armenian letter)}} {{Infobox grapheme |name=Ini |letter=Ⴈ ⴈ ი Ი |image=Mkhedruli i.svg |imagesize=195px |imagealt= |script=[[Georgian script]] |type=[[Alphabet]] |typedesc=ic |language=[[Georgian language]] |phonemes=[{{IPAlink|i}}], [{{IPAlink|ɪ}}] |unicode=U+10A8, U+2D08, U+10D8, U+1C98 |alphanumber=10 |number=10 |usageperiod={{circa}} 430 to present |equivalents=[[I]] |direction=Left-to-right }} {{Georgian letters}} {{contains special characters|Georgian}} '''Ini''', or '''In''' ([[Asomtavruli]]: {{Script|Geok|Ⴈ}}; [[Nuskhuri]]: {{Script|Geok|ⴈ}}; [[Mkhedruli]]: ი; [[Mtavruli]]: Ი: {{Langx|ka|ინი, ინ}}) is the 10th letter of the three [[Georgian scripts]].<ref>Machavariani, p. 136</ref>
In the system of [[Georgian numerals]], it has a value of 10.<ref name="Mched2">Mchedlidze, (2) p. 36</ref> Ini commonly represents the [[close front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|/i/}}, like the pronunciation of {{angle bracket|i}} in "mach'''i'''ne", or the [[near-close near-front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|/ɪ/}},<ref>Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. '''18'''. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5</ref> like the pronunciation of {{angle bracket|i}} in "s'''i'''n". It is typically [[Romanization of Georgian|romanized]] with the letter [[I]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Georgian.pdf|title=Transliteration of Georgian|language=en}}</ref>
An additional mkhedruli ini letter, ი̄ with a [[Macron (diacritic)|macron]] is used in [[Svan language|Svan]] language.<ref>Varlam Topuria, [https://kartvelologybooks.tsu.ge/uploads/book/Topuria.pdf A Course of the Svan Language] Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, pp. '''15-17'''</ref>
==Letter== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli !width="100"|nuskhuri !width="100"|mkhedruli !width="100"|mtavruli |- |align="center"|[[File:Asomtavruli i.svg|60px]] |align="center"|[[File:Nuskhuri i.svg|60px]] |align="center"|[[File:Mkhedruli letter i.png|80px]] |align="center"|[[File:GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER IN.svg|80px]] |} ===Three-dimensional=== {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli !width="100"|nuskhuri !width="100"|mkhedruli |-bgcolor=white |align="center"|[[File:U+10A8 Noto Sans Georgian 20221218.stl|100px]] |align="center"|[[File:U+2D08 Noto Sans Georgian 20221218.stl|100px]] |align="center"|[[File:U+10D8 Noto Sans Georgian 20221218.stl|100px]] |} ===Stroke order=== {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 105</ref> !width="100"|nuskhuri<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 107</ref> !width="100"|mkhedruli<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 110</ref> |-bgcolor=white |align="center"|[[File:Asomtavruli letter Ini stroke order animation.gif|100px]] |align="center"|[[File:Nuskhuri i.png|100px]] |align="center"|[[File:Mkhedruli i.png|100px]] |}
==Computer encodings== {{charmap |10A8|name1=GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER IN<ref name="UnicAsoMkh">Unicode (1)</ref> |2D08|name2=GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER IN<ref>Unicode (2)</ref> |10D8|name3=GEORGIAN LETTER IN<ref name="UnicAsoMkh">Unicode (1)</ref> |1C98|name4=GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER IN }} ==With diacritic== {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" |- !width="100"|<big>{{nobold|ი̄}}</big> |-bgcolor=white |align="center"|[[File:Georgian ī.svg|60px]] |- !{{nobold|U+10D8}}<br>{{nobold|U+0304}} |}
==Braille== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100" |- !width="100"|mkhedruli<ref>UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45</ref> |- |align="center"|[[File:Braille I9.svg|80px]] |}
==See also== *[[I|Latin letter I]] *[[I (Cyrillic)|Cyrillic letter I]] *[[Iota|Greek letter Iota]] *[[Ini (Armenian letter)|Armenian letter Ini]]
==References== {{commons}} {{reflist}}
==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) [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U10A0.pdf Georgian], 1991–2013 *The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2D00.pdf Georgian Supplement], 1991–2013 [[Category:Georgian letters]]