 In most Asomtavruli letters , straight lines are horizontal or vertical and meet at right angles . The only letter with acute angles is Ⴟ ( ჯ jani ) . There have been various attempts to explain this exception . Georgian linguist and art historian Helen Machavariani believes jani derives from a monogram of Christ , composed of the Ⴈ ( ი ini ) and Ⴕ ( ქ kani ) . According to Georgian scholar Ramaz Pataridze , the cross @-@ like shape of letter jani indicates the end of the alphabet , and has the same function as the similarly shaped Phoenician letter taw ( ) , Greek chi ( Χ ) , and Latin X , though these letters do not have that function in Phoenician , Greek , or Latin . 
 In most Asomtavruli letters , straight lines <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>are</mark></a>horizontal or vertical and meet at right angles . The only letter with acute angles <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>Ⴟ ( ჯ jani ) . <a href='dey_it' title='3'><mark>There</mark></a> have been various attempts to explain this exception . Georgian linguist and art historian Helen Machavariani <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>believes</mark></a> jani derives from a monogram of Christ , composed of the Ⴈ ( ი ini ) and Ⴕ ( ქ kani ) . According to Georgian scholar Ramaz Pataridze , the cross @-@ like shape of letter jani <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>indicates</mark></a> the end of the alphabet , and <a href='got' title='6'><mark>has</mark></a> the same function as the similarly shaped Phoenician letter taw ( ) , Greek chi ( Χ ) , and Latin X , though these letters do not have <a href='None' title='7'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='8'><mark>function</mark></a> in Phoenician , Greek , or Latin . 
In most Asomtavruli letters , str8 lines horizontal or vertical and meet at right angles . The only letter w acute angles Ⴟ ( ჯ jani ) . It have been various attempts to explain this exception . Georgian linguist and art historian Helen Machavariani believe jani derives from a monogram of Christ , composed of the Ⴈ ( ი ini ) and Ⴕ ( ქ kani ) . According to Georgian scholar Ramaz Pataridze , the cross @-@ like shape of letter jani indicate the end of the alphabet , and got da same function as the similarly shaped Phoenician letter taw ( ) , Greek chi ( Χ ) , and Latin X , though these letters do not have no function in Phoenician , Greek , or Latin .