The transcription of the Georgian letter წ
is
c'.
წ is
a sound pecular to Georgian and some other languages. To
master its
correct
pronunciation articulate it by pressing the front part of the
tongue to
the alveoli, like when pronouncing c (ts sequence as in
English "cats")
but more "scrappy" and tensed.
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When
pronouncing
the
consonant წ
the tip of the tongue is set against the upper alveolae, the
bulk of
the
tongue with the fornt part of the hard palate is broader,
compared with
the pronunciation of ძ
"dz" and ც
"c". The throat is closed, the air stream does not come out of
the
lungs
and it is produced by the air, stored in the mouth
cavity. It
begins
with occlusion but passes into the narrow opening without
plosion.
The letter written or typed in this way is called c'ili.
It is traced out with one movement of the hand and is written between the three upper lines: movement of the hand begins between the upper and lower middle lines, drawing a full circle from left to right the goes upwards vertically, drawing two equal semicircles side by side from left to right at the upper line (in typed texts it is mostly represented like წ).