Languages

Georgian

kar-TOO-lee EH-nah

Also Known As Kartuli The language own endonym.

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Georgian." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/georgian.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Georgian. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/georgian

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-georgian,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Georgian},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/georgian},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Georgian is the most widely spoken Kartvelian language and the official language of Georgia, with about 3.76 million first-language speakers concentrated in the South Caucasus. Its own Georgian script emerged in the mid-fourth century alongside the Christianization of Georgia, passing through Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri phases before the rounded Mkhedruli form became the dominant modern hand.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

ka 1

Speaker Count

3,760,000 1

2020 first-language figure; roughly 150,000 additional second-language speakers as of 2014.

Status

Living 1

Attested From (Year)

from 450 1

5th century AD; the oldest surviving literary text, the Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik, dates to this century.

Region