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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Speaker 2:
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).