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The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are written horizontally from left to right. Of the three scripts, Mkhedruli, once the civilian royal script of the ...
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Georgian ( ქართული ენა, romanized: kartuli ena, pronounced...
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Georgian is a South Caucasian or Kartvelian language. It is spoken mainly in Georgia, where it is the official language. In 2016 there were about 3.4 million speakers of Georgian in Georgian. There are Georgian speakers in a number of other countries, including the Russian Federation (171,000), Turkey (151,000), Iran (64,100) and Azerbaijan ...
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The First Georgian Grammar. The Italian missionary Francisco-Maria Maggio was one of the first who commenced scientific study of the Georgian language, when the young man received an extraordinary assignment from the Pope and was sent to Georgia for the missionary work. Maggio's work is the first known grammar of the Georgian language.
Aug 6, 2019 · The three Georgian scripts: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri, and Mkhedruli (Image from Wikimedia Commons) Asomtavruli (‘capital letters’) is a monumental script, and represents the oldest form of the Georgian alphabet. It is also known as Mrgvlovani (‘rounded’). The geometry of the Asomtavruli script is simple and plain.
From the 9th century an alphabet that developed from Asomtavruli, known as Nuskhuri, became the main alphabet for Georgian. However, Asomtavruli continued to be used in some manuscripts until the 11th century, and in epigraphic inscriptions until the 19th century. Asomtavruli was also used for titles and the first letters of chapters and ...
