Georgian language

E40852

Kartvelian language fusional language natural language subject–verb–object language

The Georgian language is a Kartvelian language spoken primarily in the country of Georgia, known for its unique Mkhedruli script and rich literary tradition.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Georgian	133
Georgian language canonical	57
Classical Georgian	2
Georgian dialect continuum	1
Georgian-Svan branch of Kartvelian	1
Judeo-Georgian	1
Kakhetian dialect of Georgian	1
Pshavian-Khevsurian dialect	1
Western Georgian dialect group	1
უშბა in Georgian	1
ქართული ენა	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kartvelian language ⓘ fusional language ⓘ natural language ⓘ subject–verb–object language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Laz language ⓘ Mingrelian language ⓘ Svan language ⓘ
earliestKnownText	Bir el Qutt inscriptions ⓘ
hasAlphabetSize	33 letters ⓘ
hasArticleSystem	no definite or indefinite articles ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	ergative–absolutive alignment (split-ergative) ⓘ
hasConsonantClusters	complex consonant clusters ⓘ
hasDigitalInputLayout	Georgian keyboard layout ⓘ
hasEjectiveConsonants	true ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender	no grammatical gender ⓘ
hasLiteraryTraditionSince	at least 5th century ⓘ
hasMajorDialect	Gurian dialect ⓘ Imeretian dialect ⓘ Kakhetians ⓘ surface form: Kakhetian dialect Kartlian dialect ⓘ Meskhetian dialect ⓘ Georgian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pshavian-Khevsurian dialect Rachian dialect ⓘ
hasNounClasses	no noun classes ⓘ
hasNumberOfCases	7 cases ⓘ
hasPhonemicConsonants	over 30 consonants ⓘ
hasPhonemicVowels	5 vowels ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock	Georgian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Georgian Georgian Extended ⓘ Georgian Supplement ⓘ
hasWritingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
isMediumOf	Georgian cinema ⓘ Georgian literature ⓘ Georgian press ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	ka ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	geo ⓘ kat ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	kat ⓘ
isTaughtAsSubjectIn	schools in Georgia ⓘ
languageFamily	Kartvelian languages ⓘ
nativeName	ქართული ენა ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Georgia ⓘ
primaryScriptType	unicameral alphabet ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn	Turkey ⓘ
regulatingBody	Georgian National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia ⓘ surface form: State Language Department of Georgia
spokenIn	Azerbaijan ⓘ European Union ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Israel ⓘ Russia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
standardVarietyBasedOn	Tbilisi dialect ⓘ
subfamily	Karto-Zan branch ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn	Caucasus region (historically) ⓘ
usedInGovernment	Parliament of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Government of Georgia
usedInLegalSystem	Georgia state courts ⓘ surface form: courts of Georgia
usedInParliament	Parliament of Georgia ⓘ
usedInReligion	Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
writingSystem	Nuskhuri script ⓘ surface form: Asomtavruli script Georgian script ⓘ surface form: Mkhedruli script Nuskhuri script ⓘ

Referenced by (200)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kartvelebi → usesLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ

Khinkali → etymologyLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ

Uplistsikhe (nearby) → hasLanguageContext → Georgian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Uplistsikhe