Georgian script

E7247

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

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (66)

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

Georgians → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgians → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mkhedruli
Nuskhuri → scriptFamily → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian scripts
Nuskhuri → usedInLanguage → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian language
Nuskhuri → scriptSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian writing system
Nuskhuri → unicodeBlock → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian Supplement
Kartvelebi → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgian script → scriptFamily → Georgian script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian scripts
Svans → useWritingSystemForLiturgy → Georgian script ⓘ
Adjarians → usesAlphabet → Georgian script ⓘ
Ossetians → historicalWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church → usesAlphabet → Georgian script ⓘ
Kartlians → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Zan languages → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Asomtavruli → partOf → Georgian script ⓘ
Mkhedruli → scriptFamily → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian scripts
Georgian language → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mkhedruli script
Kakhetians → useScript → Georgian script ⓘ
Mingrelians → writingSystemForLanguage → Georgian script ⓘ
Svan language → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgian Supplement → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Oni → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
city of Gori → writingSystemUsed → Georgian script ⓘ
subject surface form: Gori
Chokhatauri → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Ozurgeti → writingSystemUsed → Georgian script ⓘ
Mtatsminda district → usesWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Baghdati → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Akhmeta → writingSystemUsed → Georgian script ⓘ
Vani → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Sachkhere → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Kharagauli → usedScript → Georgian script ⓘ
Abasha → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Wikipedia puzzle globe → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Adigeni → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Dedoplistsqaro → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Sighnaghi → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Georgian lari → usesScriptOnBanknotes → Georgian script ⓘ
Old Georgian language → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asomtavruli script
Laz → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Alphabetic Tower → hasWritingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Nuskhuri script → subclassOf → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian alphabet
Nuskhuri script → scriptFamily → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian scripts
Nuskhuri script → usedWith → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asomtavruli script
Nuskhuri script → relatedTo → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asomtavruli script
Nuskhuri script → relatedTo → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mkhedruli script
Nuskhuri script → scriptVariantOf → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian alphabet
Bir el Qutt inscriptions → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ
Bir el Qutt inscriptions → alphabetFamily → Georgian script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian alphabet
Georgian Extended → writingSystem → Georgian script ⓘ