Georgian Letter On

ო, called Oni, is the Georgian o: a letter for a rounded vowel sound. It belongs to Mkhedruli, the script used for everyday modern Georgian. Its historical counterparts and capital-style form represent the same letter, not different vowels.

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What ო means

It represents a rounded “o” vowel. The pronunciation is written /ɔ/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. When Georgian words are written in Latin letters, Oni is represented by o; typing Latin o does not produce ო.

Georgian writing is securely attested from the 5th century; the Bolnisi Sioni inscription dates to 493/494 AD. These dates concern the older script, not today's exact ო shape. The writing developed from Asomtavruli through Nuskhuri to Mkhedruli, spanning inscriptions, church manuscripts, and everyday writing.

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Georgian Alphabet & Letters

Who writes ო

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Alphabet

Georgian alphabet33 letters

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Questions people ask

Why does ო show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.