Georgian

Also known as Georgian language, Kartuli, Kartuli ena, Georgic, Gruzinski, Kharthuli + Imeruli

Kartvelian language

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Georgian is the official language of the country of Georgia and is spoken by millions of people primarily in the South Caucasus region. It is important as the primary means of communication for Georgian culture and identity, and it is notable for having its own distinctive alphabet and grammar system unlike most neighboring languages.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Karto-Zan
Country: Armenia
Follows: Old Georgian
Image: Kartuli Georgian Sample3.svg

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P11012: Chen Ding
Stack Exchange tag: linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/georgian
entry in abbreviations table: груз.
indigenous to: Sakarya Province
writing system: Mkhedruli
Commons category: Georgian language
Wikimedia language code: ka
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
topic's main category: Category:Georgian language
native label: ქართული
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 3700000
category for films in this language: Category:Georgian-language films
has grammatical case: adverbial case
short name: гуырдзиаг
linguistic typology: postposition
regulated by: Government of Georgia
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAT
P10369: Valdemar
topic has template: Template:Georgian language
pronunciation variety: Help:IPA for Georgian

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Georgian (ქართული ენა, kartuli ena, pronounced [ˈkʰäɾt̪ʰuli ˈe̞n̪ä]) is the most widely spoken Kartvelian language. It is the official language of Georgia and the native or primary language of 88% of its population. It also serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages. Its speakers amount to approximately 3.8 million. Georgian is written with its own unique Georgian scripts, alphabetical systems of unclear origin.

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