Georgian is a Katrvelian language of the Caucasus spoken by about 4 million people mainly in Georgia and neigbouring countries.
Katrvelian is unrelated to any other known language family of the present or the past. Georgian is related to Svan, Laz and Mingrelian within the Kartvelian language family.
Svan is more distantly related- it broke off the original language about four thousand
years ago.
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| Kartvelian dialects |
The official Georgian language is based on the Kartli (ქართლი) dialect.
Georgia was at its peak of power during the reign of the Kingdom of Georgia in Medieval times.
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| the Kingdom of Georgia at its height with its tributary states ქართლის სამეფო kartlis samepo |
Georgian core phrases
Georgian culture
the Knight in the Panther's Skin
Medieval epic poem by Shota Rustaveli