Georgian language
| Georgian | |
|---|---|
| ქართული Kartuli | |
| Native to | Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia |
| Native speakers | 4.1 million [1] (date missing) |
| Language family |
South Caucasian
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| Writing system | Georgian alphabet |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Georgia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ka |
| ISO 639-2 | geo (B) kat (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | kat |
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Georgian language edition. |
Georgian (ქართული ენა, kartuli ena) is the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.
Georgian is the primary language of about 3.9 million people in Georgia itself (83 percent of the population), and of another 500,000 abroad (chiefly in Turkey, Iran, Russia, USA and Europe). It is the literary language for all ethnographic groups of Georgian people, especially those who speak other South Caucasian languages (or Kartvelian languages): Svans, Megrelians, and the Laz. Gruzinic, or "Kivruli", sometimes considered a separate Jewish language, is spoken by an additional 20,000 in Georgia and 65,000 elsewhere (primarily 60,000 in Israel).
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe By Glanville Price
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