Georgian script

E7247
Brahmic-type script alphabet writing system

The Georgian script is the unique alphabetic writing system used to write the Georgian language and several related Kartvelian languages.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Georgian scripts 3
Georgian Supplement 1
Georgian language 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic-type script ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedChurch Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
associatedReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
combinedEcclesiasticalForm Nuskhuri ⓘ
surface form: Khutsuri
direction left-to-right ⓘ
distinctiveFeature no separate capital letters in modern usage ⓘ
rounded letter shapes in Mkhedruli ⓘ
earliestInscriptionsCentury 5th century ⓘ
earliestKnownInscription Bir el Qutt inscriptions ⓘ
hasCaseDistinction no ⓘ
hasDiacritics few ⓘ
hasLowercase no ⓘ
hasNumericSystem yes ⓘ
hasUppercase no ⓘ
historicalVariant Asomtavruli ⓘ
Nuskhuri ⓘ
ISO15924Code Geor ⓘ
ISO15924Number 240 ⓘ
numberOfLetters 33 ⓘ
numericSystemType alphabetic numerals ⓘ
officialScriptOf Georgia ⓘ
originCountry Kartli ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Iberia (ancient Georgia)
originRegion Caucasus ⓘ
primaryVariant Mkhedruli ⓘ
relatedScript Aramaic script ⓘ
Greek script ⓘ
scriptFamily Georgian script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Georgian scripts
standardModernForm Mkhedruli ⓘ
timeOfEmergence early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
typeOfConsonantVowelRepresentation consonant-vowel alphabet ⓘ
unicodeBlock Georgian ⓘ
Georgian Extended ⓘ
Georgian Supplement ⓘ
usedFor religious texts ⓘ
secular texts ⓘ
usedForLanguage Georgian language ⓘ
Laz language ⓘ
Mingrelian language ⓘ
Svan language ⓘ
usedForLanguageFamily Kartvelian languages ⓘ
usedInContext administration in Georgia ⓘ
education in Georgia ⓘ
media in Georgia ⓘ
writingDirection horizontal ⓘ
writingMediumHistorical manuscripts ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingMediumModern digital text ⓘ
print ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Kartvelebi → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Sachkhere → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Svan language → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Ossetians → historicalWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Asomtavruli → partOf → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgian script → scriptFamily → Georgian script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian scripts
Mkhedruli → scriptFamily → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian scripts
Nuskhuri → scriptFamily → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian scripts
Nuskhuri → scriptSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian writing system
Nuskhuri → unicodeBlock → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian Supplement
Kakhetians → useScript → Georgian script ⓘ
Svans → useWritingSystemForLiturgy → Georgian script ⓘ
Nuskhuri → usedInLanguage → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian language
Kharagauli → usedScript → Georgian script ⓘ
Adjarians → usesAlphabet → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church → usesAlphabet → Georgian script ⓘ
Mtatsminda district → usesWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Baghdati → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Chokhatauri → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgian Supplement → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgian language → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mkhedruli script
Georgians → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgians → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mkhedruli
Kartlians → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Oni → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Vani → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Zan languages → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Mingrelians → writingSystemForLanguage → Georgian script ⓘ
Akhmeta → writingSystemUsed → Georgian script ⓘ
city of Gori → writingSystemUsed → Georgian script ⓘ
subject surface form: Gori
Ozurgeti → writingSystemUsed → Georgian script ⓘ