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Georgian language

Georgian
kartuli ena
ქართული ენა
Kartuli written in Georgian script
Pronunciation[ˈkʰartʰuli ˈena]
Native toGeorgia
RegionSouth Caucasus
EthnicityGeorgians
speakersL1: 3.76 million (2020)[1]
L2: 150,000 (2014)[1]
Early form
Dialects
Official status
Official language in
 Georgia
Regulated byCabinet of Georgia
Language codes
ISO 639-1ka
ISO 639-2geo (B)
kat (T)
ISO 639-3kat
Glottolognucl1302
Linguasphere42-CAB-baa – bac
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Georgian (ქართული ენა, romanized: kartuli ena, pronounced [ˈkʰartʰuli ˈena]) is the most widely spoken Kartvelian language; it also serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages.[2] It is the official language of Georgia and the native or primary language of 87.6% of its population.[3] Its speakers today amount to approximately 3.76 million. Georgian is written in its own unique alphabet.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Georgian at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Hiller (1994:1)
  3. ^ Central Intelligence Agency. (2016). "Georgia". In The World Factbook. Archived 2021-02-04 at the Wayback Machine.