Georgian script

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

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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

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

Republic of Georgia writingSystem Georgian script
sva writingSystem Georgian script
subject surface form: Svan language
Mikheil writingSystem Georgian script
Georgian literature writingSystem Georgian script
Tsitsamuri hasWritingSystemUsed Georgian script
Nato writingSystem Georgian script
Vachnadze writingSystem Georgian script
Ketevan writingSystem Georgian script
Batsbi usesScriptForLanguage Georgian script
Georgian postage stamps writingSystem Georgian script
Kostava writingSystem Georgian script
Old Georgian writingSystem Georgian script
Old Georgian writingSystem Georgian script
this entity surface form: Asomtavruli script
Old Georgian scriptFamily Georgian script
this entity surface form: Georgian alphabet