Imeretian dialect

E216735

The Imeretian dialect is a regional variety of the Georgian language traditionally spoken in the Imereti region of western Georgia, distinguished by its own phonetic and lexical features.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Imeretian dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of the Georgian language ⓘ
belongsTo Georgian dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Georgian language
country Georgia ⓘ
geographicDistribution western Georgia ⓘ
hasFeature regional phonetic variants of vowels and consonants ⓘ
regional vocabulary specific to Imereti ⓘ
some morphological differences from Standard Georgian ⓘ
historicalRegion Imereti ⓘ
languageCodeStandard has no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Kartvelian languages ⓘ
languageOf Imeretian people ⓘ
linked to: Imeretians
lexicon has distinctive lexical features compared to Standard Georgian ⓘ
linguisticType South Caucasian language variety ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility mutually intelligible with Standard Georgian ⓘ
partOf Western Georgian dialect group ⓘ
linked to: Georgian language
phonology has distinctive phonetic features compared to Standard Georgian ⓘ
primaryUse oral communication ⓘ
region Imereti ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
spokenIn Imereti region of western Georgia ⓘ
cities and villages of Imereti ⓘ
standardLanguage Georgian ⓘ
linked to: Georgian language
status non-standard variety ⓘ
vernacular ⓘ
subfamily Georgian language ⓘ
usedAlongside Standard Georgian in education and official contexts ⓘ
usesAlphabet Mkhedruli ⓘ
writingSystem Georgian script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgian language → hasMajorDialect → Imeretian dialect ⓘ