12th letter of the three Georgian scripts
Lasi , or Las (Asomtavruli : Ⴊ ; Nuskhuri : ⴊ ; Mkhedruli : ლ or ჺ; Mtavruli : Ლ Georgian : ლასი, ლას ) is the 12th letter of the three Georgian scripts .[ 1]
In the system of Georgian numerals , it has a value of 30.[ 2]
Lasi commonly represents the voiced velarized alveolar approximant /ɫ/[ 3] before back vowels , like the pronunciation of ⟨l⟩ in "feel ", and the alveolar lateral approximant /l/ before front vowels , like the pronunciation of ⟨l⟩ in "l ord". It is typically romanized with the letter L .[ 4]
The mkhedruli form has become popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a paw , hand or fist and as part of an emoticon, is often rendered as: ლ(╹◡╹ლ).
asomtavruli
nuskhuri
mkhedruli
mtavruli
standard
alternative
asomtavruli
nuskhuri
mkhedruli
Character information
Preview
Ⴊ
ⴊ
ლ
Ლ
Unicode name
GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER LAS[ 8]
GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER LAS[ 9]
GEORGIAN LETTER LAS[ 8]
GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER LAS
Encodings
decimal
hex
dec
hex
dec
hex
dec
hex
Unicode
4266
U+10AA
11530
U+2D0A
4314
U+10DA
7322
U+1C9A
UTF-8
225 130 170
E1 82 AA
226 180 138
E2 B4 8A
225 131 154
E1 83 9A
225 178 154
E1 B2 9A
Numeric character reference
Ⴊ
Ⴊ
ⴊ
ⴊ
ლ
ლ
Ლ
Ლ
^ Machavariani, p. 136
^ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 40
^ 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
^ a b 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