Your last four letters

Meet char, khan, jan, hae and practise telling them apart.

Read from left to right

These lessons use Mkhedruli, the everyday Georgian script. Each letter keeps its identity wherever it appears in a word; there are no Arabic-style joining forms. Mtavruli capitals appear in headings and emphasis, but everyday Georgian does not capitalise the first letter of a sentence.

char

Char makes ejective ch. Compare ჭ წ ძ and look for the additional crossing.

ჭ

char

khan

Khan is the friction sound in Scottish loch, not the airy k of khar ქ.

ხ

khan

jan

Jan makes j, as in jam. Compare ჯ ჩ ჭ: voiced j, airy ch, ejective ch.

ჯ

jan

hae

Hae makes h, as in hat. It is lighter than khan ხ.

ჰ

hae