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hookabet

The Georgian alphabet

33 letters in the Mkhedruli script, each with its sound and a hook to remember it by.

In the traditional order, ანბანი (anbani), the way Georgian children learn to recite it.

  1. აana · [ɑ]aqua

Three kinds of consonants

English speakers get the aspirated series free and only have to learn the ejectives. Russian speakers have to learn both. Same letters, different workload - this is the personalisation, visible in one screen.

Aspirated: with a puff of air

თფქჩც

English p/t/k at the start of a word ARE aspirated - 'top', 'pot', 'cat'. These letters need no new sound, only a new shape. Mark them as 'you already make this sound'.

Ejective: throat closed, a sharp pop

კპტყწჭ

No English equivalent. Close the throat, build pressure, release with a pop. All ejectives are tied to a snap/click image.

Learn them, not just look at them

The app introduces the 33 letters a few at a time and quizzes you until they stick. One or two evenings.

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