Georgia language script. These together with the related mingrelian megrelian laz chan and svan languages make up the kartvelian or south caucasian. Its not fully known when the georgian script emerged or which alphabet was the inspiration for it. It has its own alphabet and differs from any other language.
The georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the georgian language. With modern script style this font will perfect for many different project ex. The 11lh century historian leonti mroveli refers to pharnavaz as the first georgian king credited with creating the georgian alphabet.
At first mkhedruli was used only for secular writing while for religious writings a mixture of the. The nuskhuri alphabet developed from the asomtavruli alphabet. However the differences in phonology are substantial and are the main reason for.
Georgia script is modern feminine font every single letters have been carefully crafted to make your text looks beautiful. Georgian language official language of the republic of georgia whose spoken form has many dialects usually divided into east georgian and west georgian groups. Of iberia art thou the language the language of tamar.
Georgian kartuli ena romanized. Georgian is written from left to right its alphabet is made of 33 letters it has no upper or lower case and uses punctuations marks you already know. Georgian alphabet mkhedruli origin.
You will see the other two only in religious inscriptions and many georgians cannot read them. The mkhedruli alphabet developed from an older georgian alphabet known as nuskhuri between the 11th and 13th centuries. The name mkhedruli comes from the word mkhedari which means of horseman.
Asomtavruli nuskhuri and mkhedrulialthough the systems differ in appearance all three are unicase their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are written horizontally from left to rightof the three scripts mkhedruli once the civilian royal script of the kingdom of georgia and. The georgian language is one of the oldest in the world. The script used today and on this website is mkhedruli which dates back to the 10 th century.
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.