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The GeorgianLanguage is a GeorgianGroupLanguage of GeorgiaFormerSovietRepublic. SIL code: GEO. ISO 639-1: ka. ISO 639-2(B): geo. ISO 639-2(T): kat. Population: 3,901,380 speakers (98%), out of 3,981,000 in the ethnic group in Georgia (1993 UBS). Population total all countries: 4,103,000. Region: 69,700 square miles. Also spoken in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Asia), Tajikistan, Turkey (Asia), Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan. Alternate names: KARTULI, GRUZINSKI. Dialects: IMERETIAN, RACHA-LEXCHXUM (LECHKHUM), GURIAN, ADZHAR (ACHARIAN), IMERXEV KARTLIAN, KAXETIAN (KAKHETIAN), INGILO, TUSH, XEVSUR (KHEYSUR), MOXEV (MOKHEV), PSHAV, MTIUL, FEREJDAN, MESKHUR-JAVAKHURI. Comments: Imerxev is in Turkey, Ferejdan in Iran. The Meskhi are ethnically Georgian, speak Georgian, are Eastern Orthodox, and live in southwestern Georgia. Adzhai Muslims are in Armenia. South Caucasian is also called 'Kartvelian.' National language. Grammar. SVO. Its own script is called Mkhedruli. Georgian Orthodox Church, some Sunni and Shi'a Muslim (Acharian dialect). Bible 1743-1989. Also spoken in: Iran. (Language name: GEORGIAN.) Population 1,000 to 10,000 in Iran. Alternate names: KARTULI, GRUZIN. Dialects: FEREYDAN (FEREJDAN). Comments: Ferejdan dialect is or was in Iran, there may not be any now. In Iran they may not be able to read Mkhedruli script, which they use in Georgia. Muslim. Bible 1743-1989. Also spoken in: Turkey (Asia). (Language name: GEORGIAN.) Population: 40,000 first language speakers out of 91,000 in ethnic group of Imerxev in Turkey (1980 estimate), 4,042 monolinguals (1965 census). Alternate names: KARTULI, GRUZIN. Dialects: IMERXEV. Comments: Imerxev is the western dialect of Georgian. 95% are bilingual in Turkish. Sunni Muslim. Bible 1743-1989.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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