The Kartvelian Collective Marker and Aorist Series

Historical linguistics is cool.
Most of the ideas in this video come from Alice Harris' Diachronic Syntax book, but there are some comments and examples from various sources mixed in there; let me know if you'd like any clarification there.
Of course, when talking about historical linguistics there is often disagreement, and the Kartvelian language family is far from an exception in this matter. Various scholars may disagree with various points in this video; some even disagree with -eb's function as a collective marker, and think that it was just a different plural that took the same agreement markers as a normal singular. It's accepted that Series 2 is the "oldest" of the Series, and the idea that Series 1 was formed through the suffix -eb in some initially oblique construction (in the video described as object demotion) with surface intransitive Series 1 verbs that were eventually reanalyzed as transitives is pretty common, but people disagree on the details; I think what I presented was a pretty neutral version of this theory.

[@Just4Kixs]

This video helped me understand more about Georgian grammar from a historical linguistics perspective.
As a learner of Georgian, this video helped with understanding why there certain things are the way they are in modern Georgian.

[@Just4Kixs]

Also, Georgian is definitely undergoing even more change and evolution as I notice, especially with this new generation.

[@hai-mel6815]

It's amazing to find someome else who studies this phenomenal language. You've got a subscriber here!

[@Christopher_Stead]

How are your studies coming along?

[@hai-mel6815]

@@Christopher_Stead Pretty good I would say. I haven't had much time to dedicate to Georgian lately, but I've studied ergativity more closely, let's say as a general phenomenon. What about you?

[@Christopher_Stead]

@@hai-mel6815 Not too bad either, making sure I get at least 30 minutes a day. It was my NY resolution, which I've actually kept up since Jan 1...

[@hai-mel6815]

@@Christopher_Stead What books are you working on?

[@Christopher_Stead]

@@hai-mel6815 Primarily Tschenkeli's "Einführung in die georgische Sprache", still the single best textbook for Georgian. It's old, but much more manageable and didactic than Aronson, and probably about as comprehensive.

[@bekabokuchava4470]

You mentioned the suffix -i and where could it come from.
In Svan the word "is" is "li" in Megrelian it is "re", in Georgian it is "ari".
In Svan there is no nominative case marker.
In Svan "apple is" would be "Wisgw li" in Georgian apple in the nominative case is "Vashli"
In Svan "dog is" would be "Jegh li" in Georgian dog in the nominative case would be "Dzaghli".