The
transcription
of
the Georgian letter ვ is
v.
'ვ'
is pronounced like English [v] in 'vein'.
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The
upper
teeth
and the lower lip are engaged in production of the consonant 'ვ'
. The upper part of the tongue is tense and a wide resonance
area is
created.
The back part of the tongue is raised, the bulk moves
backwards, the
tip
of the tongue is slightly retracted from the front lower
teeth.
It is traced out with one movement of the hand and is written between the three lower lines: movement of the hand begins below the upper middle line, goes upwards, drawing an open circle from left to right between the upper and lower middle lines, goes on ellipsewise down to the lower line and ends by drawing a semicircle between the lower middle and lower lines with a tip slightly rounded to the right.
© Manana Kock Kobaidze & Karina Vamling
Malmoe University, Sweden