to Modern Georgian today. Its development as a written language began with the Christianization of Georgia in the 4th century. Georgian phonology features...
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Judeo-Georgian, known endonymically as Qivruli (Georgian: ყივრული ენა) and also known as Gruzinic, is the traditional Georgian dialect spoken by the Georgian...
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dated to c. 430 AD. Georgian scripts are used to write all Kartvelian languages. Georgian is the official language of Georgia (spoken by 90% of the...
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The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ...
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Svan (ლუშნუ ნინ lušnu nin; Georgian: სვანური ენა, romanized: svanuri ena) is a Kartvelian language spoken in the western Georgian region of Svaneti primarily...
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group native to present-day Georgia and surrounding areas historically associated with the Georgian kingdoms. Significant Georgian diaspora communities are...
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The Georgian Jews (Georgian: ქართველი ებრაელები, romanized: kartveli ebraelebi, Hebrew: יהדות גאורגיה, romanized: Yahadut Georgia) are a community of...
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historically been only a regional language within the boundaries of historical Georgian states and then modern Georgia, and the number of younger people...
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country is Georgia per Article 2 of the Georgian Constitution. In Georgia's two official languages (Georgian and Abkhaz), the country is named საქართველო...
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The Proto-Kartvelian language, or Common Kartvelian (Georgian: წინარექართველური ენა, romanized: ts'inarekartveluri ena, Georgian: პროტოქართველური ენა...
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Romanization of Georgian is the process of transliterating the Georgian language from the Georgian script into the Latin script. This system, adopted in...
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use as the liturgical language of the Georgian Orthodox Church and for the most part is still intelligible. Spoken Old Georgian gave way to what is classified...
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official language (Turkish or Georgian). Laz is unique among the Kartvelian languages in that most of its speakers live in Turkey rather than Georgia. While...
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The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union...
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widespread language group is the Kartvelian family, which includes Georgian, Svan, Mingrelian and Laz. The official languages of Georgia are Georgian, with...
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coalition also called Georgian Dream, which included both pro-Western liberal and anti-NATO nationalist parties. Subsequently, Georgian Dream party independently...
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Georgian languages may refer to: Languages of Georgia, all languages spoken in Georgia (the country in the Caucasus) Kartvelian languages, a family of...
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Kartvelian languages—Mingrelian, Svan and Laz—are sisters to Georgian, but are unintelligible to speakers of Standard Georgian or other Georgian dialects...
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split into the ancestor of the Zan languages and the Georgic languages (ancestor of Judaeo-Georgian and Georgian and dialects) around the 8th century...
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Georgian Idea (Georgian: ქართული იდეა, romanized: kartuli idea) is a far-right political party in Georgia. It was founded by Levan Chachua in 2014 and...
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Shida Kartli within the Georgian kingdom of Iberia. In the middle ages, the territory was disputed between various Georgian principalities and kingdoms...
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Orthodox Church of Georgia Georgian-language Web Site regarding Georgian Orthodoxy Georgian Orthodox Church – Encyclopædia Britannica Georgian Orthodox Churches...
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See also:[1] Both Georgian and Abkhaz law enshrines an official status of the Abkhaz language in Abkhazia. The 1992 law of Georgia, reiterated in the...
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Look up Georgian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Georgian may refer to: Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) Georgians, an indigenous...
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flag of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშა, romanized: sakartvelos sakhelmts'ipo drosha), also known as the five-cross flag (Georgian: ხუთჯვრიანი...
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Abkhazia conflict (redirect from Georgian-Abkhazian War)
Abkhazia and the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. The conflict, one of the bloodiest in the post-Soviet era, remains unresolved. The Georgian government has offered...
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Georgian Airways (Georgian: ჯორჯიან ეარვეისი, romanized: jorjian earveisi), formerly Airzena, is the privately owned flag carrier of Georgia, with its...
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The Georgian calendar (Georgian: ქართული კალენდარი) is the ancient or modern calendar of Georgia. Though Georgia now uses the modern Gregorian calendar...
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The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia, was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed...
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Georgian profanity (Georgian: ქართული ბილწსიტყვაობა, romanized: kartuli bilts'sit'q'vaoba) refers to inflammatory vulgar, obscene or profane language...
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