About Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli)
The Georgian script (ასომთავრული, Mkhedruli) is used to write the Georgian language and several other Kartvelian languages of the Caucasus region. Georgian has three historical alphabets: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri, and Mkhedruli — the modern secular script.
Georgian is one of the world's oldest alphabets still in use, with the earliest inscriptions dating to the 5th century CE. The script is written left-to-right, has no distinction between uppercase and lowercase in modern usage, and uses 33 letters. Georgia's Christian literary tradition, beginning with biblical translations, is closely tied to the alphabet's history.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
Script Family & Lineage
Languages Using Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli) 2
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Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Geor
- ISO Number
- 240
- Script Type
- Alphabet
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Living
- Region
- Caucasian
- Introduced
- 430 CE
- Languages
- 2
- Total Speakers
- ~3.7M
Script Properties
- Has Case
- No
- Cursive
- No
- Vowels
- full
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