Georgian language

E40852

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

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (200)

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

Ministry of Culture of Georgia hasOfficialLanguage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Uplistsikhe nameLanguage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Ministry of Defence of Georgia hasOfficialLanguage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Military Police of Georgia language Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Government of Georgia nativeNameLanguage Georgian language
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia language Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
GR languageOfName Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Georgian National Guard languageOfOperation Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Special Operations Forces of Georgia language Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Proto-Kartvelian language isAncestorOf Georgian language
Sandra Roelofs languagesSpoken Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Mikheil languageOfOrigin Georgian language
Imereti region of Georgia languageUsed Georgian language
subject surface form: Imereti
this entity surface form: Georgian
Iosif languageOfOrigin Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
აკაკი წერეთელი languageOfWorkOrName Georgian language
this entity surface form: ქართული ენა
Georgian literature language Georgian language
Mtatsminda Park languageOfSignage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Chokhatauri Municipality hasOfficialLanguage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
House of Gurieli languageUsed Georgian language
Kaikhosro I Gurieli languageSpoken Georgian language
Guria region of modern Georgia language Georgian language
subject surface form: Guria
Chakvi languageUsed Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Anaklia languageSpoken Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Artistic Flowers hasTitleLanguage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Is a Man a Human?! originalLanguage Georgian language
Tergdaleulebi movement hasLanguage Georgian language
Luka Razikashvili languageOfWorkOrName Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Titsian Tabidze nativeLanguage Georgian language
Titsian Tabidze languageOfWorkOrName Georgian language
Tbilisi City Hall hasOfficialLanguage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Konstantin Leselidze languageOfWorkOrName Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Nato languageOfOrigin Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Vachnadze nativeLanguage Georgian language
subject surface form: Nato Vachnadze
ქისტები traditionalLanguage Georgian language
Pankisi Gorge language Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Georgian Wedding languageOfTitle Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Georgian postage stamps language Georgian language
Kostava languageOfOrigin Georgian language
Georgian Helsinki Group hasLanguage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Dato Bakhtadze languageOfWorkOrName Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Old Georgian partOf Georgian language
Old Georgian ancestorOf Georgian language
this entity surface form: Classical Georgian
Georgian modernism language Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Georgian avant-garde circle languageOfExpression Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Common Voice dataset hasLanguage Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Zurab Tsereteli (as chief artistic consultant) languageOfWorkOrName Georgian language
subject surface form: Zurab Tsereteli
this entity surface form: Georgian
Tatiana Svanidze languageSpoken Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Zestafoni languageUsed Georgian language
this entity surface form: Georgian
Udi language contactInfluenceFrom Georgian language