Kartvelian family

Georgian

c. 1100 CE – today Living

Georgian (c. 1100 CE – today) is a living Kartvelian language. Lineage: Proto-Kartvelian → Proto-Karto-Zan → Old Georgian → Georgian.

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Speakers
3.7M (3,700,000)
ISO 639-3
kat
Glottocode
nucl1302

Covers Middle Georgian (~1100–1800) and Modern Georgian. Written in the Mkhedruli script.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Kartvelianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,900 BCE
  2. Proto-Karto-Zanc. 1,900 BCE – 800 BCE
  3. Old Georgianc. 430 CE – 1100 CE
  4. Georgianc. 1100 CE – today

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