Country of georgia language. In 2016 there were about 34 million speakers of georgian in georgian. Others speak russian andor different dialects. Georgia isnt called georgia.
The origins of the countrys name in english are obscure. At least not by georgians. They call their country sakartvelo.
Georgia is a multinational state but not like central asian countries. It is spoken as a first language by over 86 of the population. Georgian is a south caucasian or kartvelian language.
Georgian is the national and primary language of the people in georgia. It is spoken mainly in georgia where it is the official language. Georgia georgian sakartvelo country of transcaucasia located at the eastern end of the black sea on the southern flanks of the main crest of the greater caucasus mountains.
The most numerous are caucasians. It is bounded on the north and northeast by russia on the east and southeast by azerbaijan on the south by armenia and turkey and on the west by the black sea. Georgian is the primary language of about 39 million people in georgia itself 83 of the population and of another 500000 abroad in countries such as turkey iran russia usa and europe.
Kartuli ena pronounced kartuli na is a kartvelian language spoken by georgiansit is the official language of georgiageorgian is written in its own writing system the georgian scriptgeorgian is the literary language for all regional subgroups of georgians including those who speak other kartvelian languages. It is the literary language for all ethnographic groups of georgian people especially those who speak other south caucasian languages or kartvelian. 70 of them are georgians including such ethnic groups as the megrels and svans living high in the mountains in the gorges among the major caucasus ridges.
It is also the language used in schools all throughout the country. The georgian language is thought to have origins in ancient aramaic and sounds and looks distinct and unlike any other languages. Georgia population and language nationalities.
There are georgian speakers in a number of other countries including the russian federation 171000 turkey 151000 iran 64100 and azerbaijan. The languages spoken in georgia include georgian which is the countrys official language. With its population reaching 5 million 83 or 39 million of them speak the georgian language.
Georgian kartuli ena romanized. Official language of georgia.