Georgian script

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The Georgian script is the unique alphabetic writing system used to write the Georgian language and several related Kartvelian languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic-type script
alphabet
writing system
associatedChurch Georgian Orthodox Church
associatedReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
combinedEcclesiasticalForm Khutsuri
linked to: Nuskhuri
direction left-to-right
distinctiveFeature no separate capital letters in modern usage
rounded letter shapes in Mkhedruli
earliestInscriptionsCentury 5th century
earliestKnownInscription Bir el Qutt inscriptions
hasCaseDistinction no
hasDiacritics few
hasLowercase no
hasNumericSystem yes
hasUppercase no
historicalVariant Asomtavruli
Nuskhuri
ISO15924Code Geor
ISO15924Number 240
numberOfLetters 33
numericSystemType alphabetic numerals
officialScriptOf Georgia
originCountry Kingdom of Iberia (ancient Georgia)
linked to: Kartli
originRegion Caucasus
primaryVariant Mkhedruli
relatedScript Aramaic script
Greek script
scriptFamily Georgian scripts
linked to: Georgian script
standardModernForm Mkhedruli
timeOfEmergence early 1st millennium CE
typeOfConsonantVowelRepresentation consonant-vowel alphabet
unicodeBlock Georgian
Georgian Extended
Georgian Supplement
usedFor religious texts
secular texts
usedForLanguage Georgian language
Laz language
Mingrelian language
Svan language
usedForLanguageFamily Kartvelian languages
usedInContext administration in Georgia
education in Georgia
media in Georgia
writingDirection horizontal
writingMediumHistorical manuscripts
stone inscriptions
writingMediumModern digital text
print
writingSystemType alphabetic

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

Georgians writingSystem Georgian script
Georgians writingSystem Mkhedruli
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri scriptFamily Georgian scripts
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri usedInLanguage Georgian language
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri scriptSystem Georgian writing system
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri unicodeBlock Georgian Supplement
linked to: Georgian script
Kartvelebi hasWritingSystem Georgian script
Georgian script scriptFamily Georgian scripts
linked to: Georgian script
Svans useWritingSystemForLiturgy Georgian script
Adjarians usesAlphabet Georgian script
Ossetians historicalWritingSystem Georgian script
Georgian Orthodox Church usesAlphabet Georgian script
Kartlians writingSystem Georgian script
Zan languages writingSystem Georgian script
Asomtavruli partOf Georgian script
Mkhedruli scriptFamily Georgian scripts
linked to: Georgian script
Georgian language writingSystem Mkhedruli script
linked to: Georgian script
Kakhetians useScript Georgian script
Mingrelians writingSystemForLanguage Georgian script
Svan language hasWritingSystem Georgian script
Georgian Supplement writingSystem Georgian script
Oni writingSystem Georgian script
Gori writingSystemUsed Georgian script
subject linked to: city of Gori
Chokhatauri writingSystem Georgian script
Ozurgeti writingSystemUsed Georgian script
Mtatsminda district usesWritingSystem Georgian script
Baghdati writingSystem Georgian script
Akhmeta writingSystemUsed Georgian script
Vani writingSystem Georgian script
Sachkhere hasWritingSystem Georgian script
Kharagauli usedScript Georgian script
Abasha writingSystem Georgian script
Wikipedia puzzle globe hasWritingSystem Georgian script
Adigeni hasWritingSystem Georgian script
Dedoplistsqaro writingSystem Georgian script
Sighnaghi writingSystem Georgian script
Georgian lari usesScriptOnBanknotes Georgian script
Old Georgian language writingSystem Asomtavruli script
linked to: Georgian script
Laz writingSystem Georgian script
Alphabetic Tower hasWritingSystem Georgian script
Nuskhuri script subclassOf Georgian alphabet
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri script scriptFamily Georgian scripts
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri script usedWith Asomtavruli script
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri script relatedTo Asomtavruli script
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri script relatedTo Mkhedruli script
linked to: Georgian script
Nuskhuri script scriptVariantOf Georgian alphabet
linked to: Georgian script
Bir el Qutt inscriptions writingSystem Georgian script
Bir el Qutt inscriptions alphabetFamily Georgian alphabet
linked to: Georgian script
Georgian Extended writingSystem Georgian script