Georgian language

Georgian (ქართული ენა, romanized: kartuli ena, pronounced [kʰɑɾt̪ʰuli ɛnɑ]) is the most widely-spoken of the Kartvelian languages and serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages.[2] It is the official language of Georgia and the native or primary language of 87.6% of its population.[3] Its speakers today number approximately four million.

Georgian
kartuli ena
ქართული ენა
Kartuli written in Georgian script
Pronunciation	[kʰɑɾt̪ʰuli ɛnɑ]
Region	Georgia (including Abkhazia and South Ossetia)
Ethnicity	Georgians
Native speakers	3.7 million (2014)[1]
Language family	Kartvelian Karto-Zan Georgian
Early form	Old Georgian
Dialects	Georgian dialects
Writing system	Georgian script Georgian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Georgia
Regulated by	Cabinet of Georgia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`ka`
ISO 639-2	`geo (B)` `kat (T)`
ISO 639-3	`kat`
Glottolog	`nucl1302`
Linguasphere	`42-CAB-baa – bac`

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