Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2016
URL: www.unesco.org/...
Description: Georgia’s written language has produced three alphabets - Mrgvlovani, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli - which remain in use today. Mrgvlovani was the first alphabet from which Nuskhuri was derived and then Mkhedruli. The alphabets coexist thanks to their different functions, reflecting an aspect of Georgia’s diverse cultural identity. Its educational system is based on the Mkhedruli alphabet taught in primary and high school and in the home, while Mrgvlovani and Nuskhuri are practised and taught predominately by its Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church community.
Country(ies): Georgia
© National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, 2015
Duration: 00:08:55 - Support: - (0120500003)