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Table of Phonemes

POA	labial				dental			alveolar			palatal			glottal		nasal1				vowels
IPA	/φ/	/β/	/w/		/l/	/t/		/ɾ/	/s/		/k/	/j/		/h/		/m/	/n/	/ŋ/		/ä/	/e/	/o/	/u/	/i/
Georgian	ჶ	ვ	ჳ		ლ	ტ		რ	ს		ქ	ჲ		ჰ		მ	ნ	გ		ა	ე	ო	უ	ი
Latin	f	v	w		l	t		r	s		k	y		h		m	n	ń		a	e	o	u	i

Note

¹ The nasals are grouped together because only they can be found as syllable codas.

Consonants

		labial	dental	alveolar	palatal	glottal
Nasals	voiceless
	voiced	m /m/ მ	n /n/ ნ		ń /ŋ/ გ1
Stops	voiceless		t /t/ ტ		k /k/ ქ
	voiced
Fricatives	voiceless	f /φ/ ჶ2		s /s/ ს
	voiced	v /β/ ვ
Sonorants	voiceless					h /h/ ჰ
	voiced	w /w/ ჳ3	l /l/ ლ	r /ɾ/ რ	y /j/ ჲ4

Notes

• ¹ The voiced velar stop /g/ is assigned to the voiced velar nasal /ŋ/.
• ² The letter Fi <ჶ> is used in Laz and Svan.
• ³ The obsolete letter Vie <ჳ> is assigned to /w/.
• ⁴ The letter Hie <ჲ> is used for /j/ in Laz and Mingrelian.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/ ი		u /u/ უ
Close Mid	e /e/ ე		o /o/ ო
Open		a /ä/ ა

Example

• All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
• Win nuńwu wolo rile ok otu usa ve sańo yuń o sati yi.
• ჳინ ნუგჳუ ჳოლო რილე ოქ ოტუ უსა ვე საგო ჲუგ ო სატი ჲი.

• They are endowed with reason and conscience
• Etu yuń o fuwi yuń i sa yi
• ეტუ ჲუგ ო ჶუჳი ჲუგ ი სა ჲი

• and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
• o wa sońa weńwa wiva ve wasi ńom wila ve ńohita wafa.
• ო ჳა სოგა ჳეგჳა ჳივა ვე ჳასი გჳმ ჳილა ვე გჳჰიტა ჳაჶა.

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

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