Explained: The Georgian Langage

[@nomadicmonkey3186]

Georgian is like the holy grail of a language for language nerds like myself.

[@jaycorwin1625]

Very interesting overview of the language. Thank you for posting it.

[@EmmaLovesTheWorld]

Wow. Such an unique language !

[@Antigonethebes]

Tere is no such a word as mrtvaloba. "Simtvrale" is the word you are looking for the drunkenness:) There are some minor errors in explanations and I agree with others who say, it is ALWAYS pronounced as written, except for some very few foreign words that are pronounced slightly differently than written. But I was really impressed by the phonetics! Almost native level proficiency in pronouncing our twisted consonants :) Well done!

[@Just4Kixs]

I'm learning Georgian as a Cebuano speaker. It shares similarities with my language.

[@giorgishonia1950]

I never thought my language about that way, i imagine how hard it is to learn for foreginers.

[@morilea]

It’s so beautiful 😍😍😍

[@vjusta]

Great explanation!

[@Madona123-12]

ქართული დამწერლობა...ეს ქართული, ,,DNE-დიენემია"!!!🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@littlemiss9706]

Yooo the pronunciation of some letters and the writing is like Amharic 😭😂 I wonder how 🤔

[@venomousbluefrog]

I thought I was going insane, you see it too. The Orthodox Church is another interesting connection there.

[@minibell]

Thank u I'm I'm from india 🙏🕉🌺 n this video is really helpful n informative👍

[@moneyswagluigi8413]

u could say georgian is one of the simplest but the most challenging langauge to learn lol

[@wierdo-jc7xv]

Hey so there has been an idea that basque is related to georgian especialy in grammar so if you want to why dont you learn basque to find some sort of similarities if there are any.

[@sofiakonermann2308]

Georgien 🇬🇪 Old Name it Iberia 🇬🇪

[@truvakaplanmusicinternatio7671]

Fans of this language should view my very funny Georgian song: KZbin: Truva Kaplan Gamarjoba.

[@eagleeye182]

Georgian Doesn`t have prepositions because it`s an agglutinative language.

[@dianacretu]

What book is at 5:19?

[@visiting-georgia4650]

"Essentials of Georgian Grammar" by Shorena Kurtsikidze. The particular edition used in this video was published in 2006 by LINCOM Europa.

[@dianacretu]

Visiting-Georgia Ohh, thank you so much! Hadn’t encountered this one yet.

[@visiting-georgia4650]

@@dianacretu Glad to help! This book assumes that you are already familiar with languages and linguistic terminology, particularly in its explanation of Georgian tenses. Other than that, it is an excellent resource to have, particularly with its 250 verb conjugation charts.

[@dianacretu]

Visiting-Georgia Ah yes, that’s not a problem, I’m familiar both with linguistic terms and with the Georgian screeves. I have another pretty good book on Georgian verbs with a lot of conjugation tables, but no books are too many when it comes to Georgian :))

[@visiting-georgia4650]

@@dianacretu You're 100% correct!

[@johndock9164]

You are using wrong Map showing Georgian borders. Georgian is always written as heard. Also a lot of mistakes. Thank you for your attempts though.

[@visiting-georgia4650]

Hi! The two maps of Georgia that are used in the video at 2:40 and 3:00 use the borders of Georgia as recognized by the UN (including Abkhazia and South Ossetia). If you mean something different, please explain. Regarding your second critique, our specific quote was "...its alphabet is extremely phonetic, meaning that it is written almost exactly as each word is pronounced." There are numerous instances where spoken pronunciation differs from the spelling of a word, most notably with the letter ვ. Our grammatical explanation of Georgian is an oversimplification of the complexities of the language. Our academic sources for the grammatical explanations of Georgian are "Essential of Georgian Grammar" (2006 edition) by Shorena Kurtsikidze and "Beginner's Georgian" (2009 edition) by Dodona Kiziria. Thank you for watching and for your comment!

[@johndock9164]

@@visiting-georgia4650 1.Those territories are Georgian speaking and maps you are showing are from Russian propaganda. In recent years, on this territories Russian become dominant language due to Genocide against Georgians. 2. In writing main rule is you write how you pronounce. Exception cases of this rule so miserable, you may even never have that situation in lifetime. So mentioning about exception in this brief video makes it important. And I have noticed mistakes in written texts you are showing. No offence. You got like from me 👍.

[@visiting-georgia4650]

@@johndock9164 1: The case of Russification in Abkhazia and South Ossetia is a sad one, both for the loss of Abkhaz and Ossetian speakers and for the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in those territories. 2: There are many problems in attempting to explain such a complex language as Georgian in as simple of a manner as possible so that non-native speakers can get a basic understanding of it without needing to have a university education in linguistics. This was a large challenge when writing the script for this video--how to be as accurate as possible without both oversimplifying the language or using advanced terminology. Additionally, we realize that there are grammatical errors in the textbooks themselves, despite being written by linguists who are also native Georgian speakers, therefore affecting the quality of our video. Thank you for providing your feedback.

[@GiorgiGachechiladze02]

@@johndock9164 It was correct map, it shows modern Ethnical map of Georgia and Caucasus. The fact that Abkhazians today speak more Russian than Apsuan itself is another subject. Minority of Georgians still live there though and that is also shown.