Old Georgian

E400076

Old Georgian is the earliest attested stage of the Georgian language, used in medieval religious, literary, and official texts of the Caucasus region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Old Georgian canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
stage of the Georgian language ⓘ
ancestorOf Classical Georgian ⓘ
linked to: Georgian language

Middle Georgian ⓘ
Modern Georgian ⓘ
associatedWithChurch Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Christianity ⓘ
earliestAttestations 5th century inscriptions ⓘ
hasCaseSystem yes ⓘ
hasVerbAgreement yes ⓘ
influenced Georgian literary tradition ⓘ
ISO639-3 oge ⓘ
languageFamily Kartvelian languages ⓘ
notableText Georgian translations of the Gospels ⓘ
Old Georgian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Georgian Bible

hagiographies of Georgian saints ⓘ
partOf Georgian language ⓘ
region Eastern Georgia ⓘ
Tao-Klarjeti ⓘ
Western Georgia ⓘ
linked to: western Georgia
scriptFamily Georgian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Georgian script
standardizedIn monastic scriptoria ⓘ
status no longer spoken natively ⓘ
subclassOf Kartvelian language ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
usedAs liturgical language in Georgian Church ⓘ
usedFor biblical translations ⓘ
hagiographic literature ⓘ
homiletic literature ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
official documents ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn Caucasus region ⓘ
Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ
medieval Georgia ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Asomtavruli script ⓘ
linked to: Georgian script

Georgian script ⓘ
Nuskhuri script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kingdom of Iberia → language → Old Georgian ⓘ
Bolnisi inscriptions → language → Old Georgian ⓘ
oge → represents → Old Georgian ⓘ
oge → ISO639-3CodeFor → Old Georgian ⓘ