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Also known as , , , , Georgian letter shin, shin (Georgian letter), Georgian letter shini, shini (Georgian letter)

Shini, or Shin (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: შ; Mtavruli: Შ; ) is the 28th letter of the three Georgian scripts.

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Grapheme.name
Shini
Grapheme.letter
Ⴘ ⴘ შ Შ
Grapheme.image
Mkhedruli sh.svg
Grapheme.imagesize
150px
Grapheme.script
Georgian script
Grapheme.type
Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc
ic
Grapheme.language
Georgian language
Grapheme.phonemes
[]
Grapheme.unicode
U+10B8, U+2D18, U+10E8, U+1CA8
Grapheme.alphanumber
28
Grapheme.number
900
Grapheme.usageperiod
430 to present
Grapheme.equivalents
Sh, Š
Grapheme.direction
Left-to-right

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Georgian letter Shin (modern forms).svg
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Shini, or Shin (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: შ; Mtavruli: Შ; ) is the 28th letter of the three Georgian scripts.

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 900. Shini commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative , like the pronunciation of in "shoe". It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh or with the letter Š.

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