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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Georgian 30
Kakhetian dialect of Georgian 1
Pshavian-Khevsurian dialect 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 (55)

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

Gurians → autonymLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Mingrelian language → closelyRelatedTo → Georgian language ⓘ
Svan language → closelyRelatedTo → Georgian language ⓘ
Kakhetians → dialect → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kakhetian dialect of Georgian
Eastern Georgia → dominantLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Khinkali → etymologyLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Kharagauli → hasLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Soviet literature → hasLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
western Georgia → hasLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Georgia
Uplistsikhe (nearby) → hasLanguageContext → Georgian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Uplistsikhe
this entity surface form: Georgian
this entity surface form: Georgian
Georgian language → hasMajorDialect → Georgian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pshavian-Khevsurian dialect
Kartvelian languages → hasMember → Georgian language ⓘ
Kartvelian languages → hasNotableLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
Georgian language → hasUnicodeBlock → Georgian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Michael → isUsedInLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Adjarians → language → Georgian language ⓘ
Georgian polyphony → language → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Imeretians → language → Georgian language ⓘ
Kakheti → language → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Kakhetians → language → Georgian language ⓘ
Kingdom of Georgia → language → Georgian language ⓘ
Kingdom of Imereti → language → Georgian language ⓘ
Russia–Georgia relations → language → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Setanta Sports → language → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Vazha-Pshavela → languageOfExpression → Georgian language ⓘ
Akaki Tsereteli → languageOfWorkOrName → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Dimitri Arakishvili → languageOfWorkOrName → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Ambrolauri → languageSpoken → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Chiatura → languageSpoken → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Mtskheta → languageSpoken → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Tsageri → languageSpoken → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Akhmeta → languageUsed → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Baghdati → languageUsed → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Kvemo Kartli → languageUsed → Georgian language ⓘ
Samtredia → languageUsed → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Mingrelian language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Georgian language ⓘ
Ossetian language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Georgian language ⓘ
Svanidze family → nativeLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Kato Svanidze
this entity surface form: Georgian
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti → officialLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
Tbilisi → officialLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Tsageri → officialLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Kareli → officialLanguageOfCountry → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Ozurgeti → primaryLanguage → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Zan languages → relatedTo → Georgian language ⓘ
Life of Antony → translatedInto → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Mkhedruli → unicodeBlock → Georgian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian