Imeretian dialect

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The Imeretian dialect is a regional variety of the Georgian language traditionally spoken in the Imereti region of western Georgia, distinguished by its own phonetic and lexical features.

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Label Occurrences
Imeretian dialect canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of the Georgian language
belongsTo Georgian language
surface form: Georgian dialect continuum
country Georgia
geographicDistribution western Georgia
hasFeature regional phonetic variants of vowels and consonants
regional vocabulary specific to Imereti
some morphological differences from Standard Georgian
historicalRegion Imereti
languageCodeStandard has no separate ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Kartvelian languages
languageOf Imeretians
surface form: Imeretian people
lexicon has distinctive lexical features compared to Standard Georgian
linguisticType South Caucasian language variety
mutualIntelligibility mutually intelligible with Standard Georgian
partOf Georgian language
surface form: Western Georgian dialect group
phonology has distinctive phonetic features compared to Standard Georgian
primaryUse oral communication
region Imereti
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenIn Imereti region of Georgia
surface form: Imereti region of western Georgia

cities and villages of Imereti
standardLanguage Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
status non-standard variety
vernacular
subfamily Georgian language
usedAlongside Standard Georgian in education and official contexts
usesAlphabet Mkhedruli
writingSystem Georgian script

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Georgian language hasMajorDialect Imeretian dialect