Lingoflyო — oni
«oni» is a vowel of the Georgian script, read as “o”. A clean 'o' as in 'more'. The Georgian alphabet has 33 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. It appears, for example, in the word “გამარჯობა” (gamarjoba) — hello.
In short
| Character | ო |
| Name | oni |
| Sound | o |
| What it is | a vowel |
In our course the character comes 9th of 33: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are ვ and ნ, appears in roughly every fifth word on this site.
How to type ო
- On a phone: add the Georgian keyboard in the keyboard settings (Gboard on Android; Keyboards in the iPhone settings).
- In Word on Windows: type U+10DD and press Alt+X right after it — the code turns into the character.
- On a Mac: switch to the Unicode Hex Input source, hold Option and type 10DD.
- Unicode code point: U+10DD. With it, the character can be found in the character map of any system.
How it sounds
A clean 'o' as in 'more'
Other written forms
The same character is written differently on a shop sign and in a book. Here are all the forms you may meet.
| Form | Character | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mtavruli | Ო | the display style: signs, headings, all-caps lettering |
The character in the “five vowels” group
Exactly five sounds, all pure: no reduction, and none of them softens a neighboring consonant.
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound, see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 33 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Georgian character ო read?
As “o” — it is a vowel of the Georgian script. A clean 'o' as in 'more'.
What is the letter ო called?
Oni. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Georgian script: it is called “oni” and reads as “o”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.