Mkhedruli

E41679

alphabet writing system

Mkhedruli is the modern Georgian script used for writing the Georgian language and several related Kartvelian languages.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alphabet → writing system →
associatedPeople	Georgians →
associatedReligionHistorical	Eastern Orthodox Christianity →
countryOfStandardization	Georgia →
currentNumeralSystemUsed	Arabic numerals →
directionality	horizontal →
dominantSinceCentury	11th century →
hasCaseDistinction	no →
hasDiacritics	minimal →
hasDistinctNumeralsHistorically	yes →
hasLowercaseLetters	no →
hasUppercaseLetters	no →
historicalPredecessor	Asomtavruli → Nuskhuri →
isCursive	yes →
isUnicodeEncoded	yes →
languageFamilyWritten	Kartvelian languages →
numberOfLetters	33 →
orthographicType	phonemic →
primaryUse	secular writing →
region	Caucasus →
scriptCodeISO15924	Geor →
scriptFamily	Georgian scripts →
scriptType	Georgian script →
sisterScript	Asomtavruli → Nuskhuri →
standardizedFor	modern Georgian orthography →
unicodeBlock	Georgian →
unicodeRange	U+10D0–U+10FF →
usedFor	administration → education materials → literature → press →
usedForWriting	Georgian language → Laz language → Mingrelian language → Svan language →
usedIn	Georgia →
usedInDigitalMedia	yes →
usedInEducation	yes →
usedInOfficialDocuments	yes →
writingDirection	left-to-right →
writingSystemScope	national →
writingSystemStatus	current →
writingSystemType	alphabetic →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Asomtavruli → Nuskhuri →	relatedScript
Georgia →	nationalAlphabet
Georgian script →	standardModernForm
Asomtavruli →	successor