Just started looking into the Georgian alphabet and the ჯ letter has two variants, I spent like 10 minutes looking for the letter on the keyboard only to find out it’s the same letter? Why is this?
https://i.redd.it/e3ucc2zbxknf1.jpeg
Posted by Rough_Wheel9321
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One’s easier to write. And also, there’s “simple” versions of ლ, დ and ო
The first one ( green) appears in print, such as books, newspapers ect.. while the second one is how it is handwritten
I don’t know
ძ sounds like “dz”
While ჯ sounds like “J”
They are the same – one is the print version, the other the handwritten form. If you tilt the print version a little bit to the left, then you will see the similarities. This letter represents the word ჯვარი (cross) and actually looks like one.
Same as the letter g in English. When handwritten, it’s usually a circle with a curled tail, but in serif fonts you’ll often see it as a circle connected to an oval.
ჯ as in Geeee-raffe. ჟ as in Bon-jhhh-our.
Think of it as cursive/printed
One is printed, one is cursive.
As you see, minimum 5 people understood your question their own way and nobody knows in the end, what did you mean.
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WHAT is going on with the romanization???
It’s same, just tilted. We also have easier versions for some letters
There are more letters that have multiple variants: [https://www.georgian-alphabet.com/en/lesson11.php](https://www.georgian-alphabet.com/en/lesson11.php)
Nevermind that, whatever transcription method this image is using is weird and will very likely give you misconceptions.
E.g., თ sounds nothing like “th”, and ქ is not “kh” either.