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LingoBear creates short Georgian passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Kartvelian language unrelated to Indo-European or Turkic, written in the 33-letter Mkhedruli script, split-ergative case marking, ~3.7M speakers.

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What scripts does Georgian use?

Modern Georgian uses Mkhedruli (მხედრული, 'cavalry/secular'), a 33-letter alphabet developed in the 11th century. It has no uppercase letters, though a modern 'Mtavruli' uppercase style exists. Two earlier scripts — Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri — are now used mainly for ecclesiastical texts. All three Georgian scripts together are recognised by UNESCO as intangible heritage.

What grammar features does Georgian have?

Georgian is a Kartvelian language with no grammatical gender, seven cases, and a complex split-ergative verb system where the case of the subject depends on tense and aspect. Verbs can take a 'screeve' (combination of tense/aspect/mood) that encodes the subject and up to two objects via prefixes and suffixes. Initial consonant clusters can be long: gvprtskvnis 'he peels us'.