The Georgian Alphabet and Pronunciation Rules

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • In this video, we establish two basic rules to follow when pronouncing Georgian words, and we go through the pronunciation of each letter. We are Visiting-Georgia, here to help everyone learn more about the beautiful country located in the Caucasus. To learn more about the language and country, visit our website at www.visiting-georgia.com.
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    You can also find us on Facebook @visiting.ge, Instagram @visiting.geo, and Twitter @VisitingGeorgia!

Комментарии • 193

  • @jensl5956
    @jensl5956 5 лет назад +104

    This is one of the best videos to explain the Georgian alphabet

    • @visiting-georgia4650
      @visiting-georgia4650  5 лет назад +10

      Thank you! We wanted to show more than just the letters and their sounds.

    • @Annaconda1984
      @Annaconda1984 4 года назад +3

      ruclips.net/video/KbqRwWaiwKo/видео.html

  • @darrellwetzeljr.1886
    @darrellwetzeljr.1886 2 месяца назад +7

    I recently went to Georgia, stayed in Tbilisi, but went to about 30 mins past idumala and Batumi and a lot of places in between for work. Was so beautiful!

  • @Amr_Elkholy
    @Amr_Elkholy 5 лет назад +55

    დიდი მადლობა, greetings from Egypt ❤️🇪🇬🇬🇪❤️شكرا جزيلا

  • @MisterGeorgianBoy
    @MisterGeorgianBoy 4 года назад +218

    why i am watching this, im georgian i know this stuff

    • @demorrobinson210
      @demorrobinson210 4 года назад +2

      😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

    • @austinrodriguez7758
      @austinrodriguez7758 3 года назад +3

      Im a little georgian and im glad im learning

    • @marii1555
      @marii1555 3 года назад +1

      me too wtf

    • @tauridborn2777
      @tauridborn2777 2 года назад +5

      I guess you're trying to make sure it's right?

    • @Anna-gk1oh
      @Anna-gk1oh 2 года назад

      Same I just want to write and read but I can speak fluently…

  • @viktorbarna822
    @viktorbarna822 4 года назад +35

    GEORGIA, I'M COMING!

  • @20LeeBrian1
    @20LeeBrian1 3 года назад +43

    4:13 dad in georgian translation (mama) is really strange and confusing XD

    • @20LeeBrian1
      @20LeeBrian1 3 года назад

      If some languages have like that, then it would be even more funny :D

    • @mariamsxuluxia3995
      @mariamsxuluxia3995 3 года назад

      I'm the from georgia I know georgia

    • @mariamsxuluxia3995
      @mariamsxuluxia3995 3 года назад

      @mariam tsitlanadze ბებია/Granpa

    • @20LeeBrian1
      @20LeeBrian1 3 года назад +1

      @@mariamsxuluxia3995 is deda mother, and what about grandma?

    • @michaeldavis9190
      @michaeldavis9190 3 года назад +1

      And mother is deda

  • @sandybootz5512
    @sandybootz5512 4 года назад +8

    Thanks for the video. I'm been studying the alphabet on another site... and they provide no audio: so this video was much appreciated!

  • @zigabizjak5234
    @zigabizjak5234 9 месяцев назад +4

    Such a beautiful language

  • @melodies2013
    @melodies2013 4 года назад +7

    Thank you for this excellent video! It is an enormous help for those who, like me, try to master the Georgian alphabet and to pronounce the language correctly.
    In Georgian, I have heard, there is an intriguing "tongtwister" about a coin, a "classic" expression every Georgian seems to know. And to display to foreigners who visit the country, very much to the delight or the despair of the latter. To be accurate, to be "twisted" is not the tongue, but the palatal velum.
    May I ask you to kindly write it down in Georgian script? (And if it is not too much bother, also in Western transliteration?)
    didi madloba!

    • @visiting-georgia4650
      @visiting-georgia4650  4 года назад +7

      melodies2013 There are a few Georgian “tongue twisters:”
      კაპიკი გაკეპიკებულა k’ap’ik’i gak’epik’ebula (Kopek became a kopek) a kopek is 1/100 ruble
      ჭრიჭინა ჭრიჭინება ch’rich’ina ch’rich’inebs (a cricket is chirping)
      ბაყაყი წყალში ყიყინებს baq’aq’i ts’q’alshi q’iq’inebs (a frog is croaking in the water)
      თეთრი თრითინა თეთრ თოვლზე თრთოვებს tetri tritina tetr tovlze trtovebs (a white weasel was rolling in white snow)
      As for the “classic” expression, there are numerous ones, specifically from Shota Rustaveli’s main literary work “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin.” Here are two extremely popular quotes from this work:
      ლეკვი ლომისა სწორია, ძუ იყოს, თუნდაც ხვადია lek’vi lomisa sts’oria, dzu iq’os, tundats khvadia “A lion’s roar is the same, whether it be male or female”
      რასა გასცემ, შენია, რასაც არა, დაკარგულია rasa gastsem, shenia, rasats ara, dak’argulia “what you give, is yours, what you keep is lost”

  • @MakiTetradze
    @MakiTetradze 4 года назад +8

    The video is really helpful for the language learners, especially the explanation and comparison with English writing system, although the pronunciation of the Georgian examples is not accurate.

  • @CastroDen
    @CastroDen 2 года назад +3

    thank you for this video!
    would be great to have transcription as well as at this point is hard to remember all letters and read the word without transcription.

  • @isaac_owens9110
    @isaac_owens9110 5 месяцев назад +5

    I’m convinced Georgians just pronounce some of these consonants the same and say we are pronouncing it wrong to entice us lol

    • @szymonk.4718
      @szymonk.4718 3 месяца назад +1

      No. It depends on your point of view. For example from my own experience I say tell you that for Polish people "th" in "think" and "f" in "feel" is the same sound. But for both linguistists and English native speakers these are different sounds. Same with Georgian k and k', p and p', and so on.

  • @WilliamDearthwd
    @WilliamDearthwd 7 месяцев назад +1

    One of the few languages I know of that always sounds the way it's spelled. So, each letter is always pronounced the same way and no vowel combination sounds.

  • @shauniwho
    @shauniwho 4 года назад +19

    In general a good video, but why is there such loud music playing all the time? Especially the parts where it's necessary to listen to the georgian pronunciation, the music makes it super hard to concentrate on the correct sound - in general this music thing makes it hard to concentrate on it. If I want to hear music I play some songs, but here in my opinion its not necessary. Need to search for another one because this disturbs me too much.

    • @visiting-georgia4650
      @visiting-georgia4650  4 года назад +6

      We've made the subsequent videos without sound for this reason.

  • @jessicavanzuydam6458
    @jessicavanzuydam6458 4 года назад +8

    quick question, for the letter pronunciation for Ll it sounds like you are say wuh - wion instead of luh - lion, is that correct? Are you pronouncing the Ll as wuh?

    • @visiting-georgia4650
      @visiting-georgia4650  4 года назад +4

      Ll as in luh -lion. The Ll pronunciation in this video was given using the dark L pronunciation.

    • @Samaa-os7hx
      @Samaa-os7hx 4 месяца назад +1

      LOL

  • @giorgikun
    @giorgikun 4 года назад +5

    გამარჯობა საქართველოდან. Hello from Georgia

    • @mdsharifullah1946
      @mdsharifullah1946 3 года назад

      Georgian language is hard. Chinese is easy for me but Georgian is impossible. Well hello (Chinese: 你好)

    • @chopitalapro
      @chopitalapro 7 месяцев назад

      SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT REFERENCE-

  • @ayszhang
    @ayszhang 4 месяца назад

    Thank you! 🙏 The music is a little distracting though and sometimes interrupts the audio

  • @OvanishO
    @OvanishO 9 месяцев назад +1

    Is there any chance you could upload this without the background music?

  • @ThomasEscola
    @ThomasEscola 25 дней назад

    So beautiful

  • @fatemeetsluck
    @fatemeetsluck 18 дней назад

    I just found out that this alphabet exists the other day. I probably should have checked this before creating a song with Georgian lyrics lol

  • @robertarrogante5166
    @robertarrogante5166 3 года назад +2

    I like it

  • @Zakirbhai786
    @Zakirbhai786 9 месяцев назад +1

    saludos de España

  • @MF-qy2bm
    @MF-qy2bm 4 года назад +2

    I think it's nice

  • @cj-cv7zv
    @cj-cv7zv 6 месяцев назад

    Love the Georgian rugby team, would be cool to be able to read their instagram posts lmao

  • @aminkeykha5546
    @aminkeykha5546 Месяц назад +1

    Peaceful ppl ❤❤❤ 🇮🇷love you

  • @MichaelHola-yq4rg
    @MichaelHola-yq4rg 11 месяцев назад

    I can't believe how much does it take to the იყოს the georgain alphabet song

  • @RavinderSingh-he8mz
    @RavinderSingh-he8mz 2 месяца назад

    I have to learn it I am new here 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @DavidKrautscheid
    @DavidKrautscheid 3 года назад +3

    now there is a funny thing going on here: mama means father in georgian but it means mother or mum in german

    • @visiting-georgia4650
      @visiting-georgia4650  3 года назад +7

      There’s a bit of a joke here as that “mama” is also Russian for “mum.” A Georgian father and Russian mother are sitting together. Their child yells “mama” and both parents respond. 😂

    • @DavidKrautscheid
      @DavidKrautscheid 3 года назад

      @@visiting-georgia4650 Ahahahaha

    • @DavidKrautscheid
      @DavidKrautscheid 3 года назад

      @Kitty yes thats true cause papa means dad in german haha

  • @KsyuNever
    @KsyuNever 8 месяцев назад

    best video

  • @Cupapet93
    @Cupapet93 4 года назад +5

    It's actually looks similiar with balinese alphabet,

    • @Cupapet93
      @Cupapet93 4 года назад

      @Cau Geo not much but it has many curves

    • @Gadavillers-Panoir
      @Gadavillers-Panoir 7 месяцев назад

      Indeed at first glance it looks like any South/South East Asian script including my native script Sinhalese from which the Among Us symbol comes.

  • @torypalmeri6242
    @torypalmeri6242 4 года назад

    do you think the shortened forms should be only at the end like hebrew

    • @visiting-georgia4650
      @visiting-georgia4650  4 года назад

      The shortened versions of letters such as ლ and რ are used in handwritten Georgian irrespective of their placement in a word.

  • @manojmandal5918
    @manojmandal5918 4 года назад +3

    Many are similar to hindi letters pronunciation

  • @torypalmeri6242
    @torypalmeri6242 4 года назад +2

    Is lake tga or tba

  • @Brantso
    @Brantso 5 лет назад +9

    კარგი რამეა. ერთი მოწონება ბრანცოსგან. ჩვენც ქართულ ანბანებს და ციფრებს ვავრცელებთ, მაგრამ ბავშვებისთვის ძირითადად 😁

  • @caseyandtoryshalloween1236
    @caseyandtoryshalloween1236 3 года назад +1

    did you know that ყ (q) is the 24 th letter of the georgian alphabet like x? making georgian alphabet paper popsicles

  • @giorgi2554
    @giorgi2554 3 года назад +3

    Hello from Georgia

    • @chopitalapro
      @chopitalapro 7 месяцев назад

      SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT REFERENCE

  • @SuperAnn0ula
    @SuperAnn0ula 3 года назад +3

    6:04 wow.. okay

  • @Pierreforpm25
    @Pierreforpm25 6 месяцев назад

    I already knew this

  • @Captain_Crusty
    @Captain_Crusty 4 года назад +7

    why why WHY add music to a video whose main focus is phonetics???

  • @torypalmeri6242
    @torypalmeri6242 4 года назад +3

    there used to be five others
    qˇari/hˇari
    je
    y
    hó/ó
    ûie

  • @eugencerempei6011
    @eugencerempei6011 2 месяца назад +2

    It's very difficult language to learn

  • @Bolillo-vm2oz
    @Bolillo-vm2oz 2 года назад +5

    I am horrified and fascinated by this

  • @happyface2373
    @happyface2373 6 месяцев назад

    I enjoyed this but I can't really hear the true pronunciation because of the music

  • @freemanali
    @freemanali 2 года назад

    why you put music on back ground :(

  • @gregory4845
    @gregory4845 3 года назад

    Very nice channel!

  • @garyhuck8580
    @garyhuck8580 4 года назад +3

    If a person will focus on the alphabet and how each letter is said, the musik will be ignored.

  • @Junni-nx5fq
    @Junni-nx5fq 3 месяца назад

    For watching this video firstly I am going to learn English

  • @bellamuerte2199
    @bellamuerte2199 4 месяца назад

    yay

  • @31OH55V
    @31OH55V 4 месяца назад

    i already learned the alphabet but i forgot it so im back

  • @imanakbari6056
    @imanakbari6056 2 года назад +1

    0:10

  • @jeanninelakes2742
    @jeanninelakes2742 3 года назад +1

    This is the Ge🇬🇪rgian alphabet.

  • @illegitiminoncarborundum6370
    @illegitiminoncarborundum6370 4 года назад

    It looks similiar with javanese alphabet and thai alphabet

  • @MF-qy2bm
    @MF-qy2bm 4 года назад +1

    Wow! What easy language is 😄

  • @giorgikun
    @giorgikun 4 года назад +2

    Georgian has 3 alphabet. In the video was shown modern alphabet

  • @TheqDwatertower
    @TheqDwatertower Месяц назад +1

    ჩემი ქვეყანა

  • @nikasvianadze8813
    @nikasvianadze8813 4 года назад +1

    you speak Georgia language

  • @Samaa-os7hx
    @Samaa-os7hx 4 месяца назад

    I'll need to write them all out on cards like a child, too many ps and ks. Greek and Cyrillic alphabet was a piece of cake compared to this.

  • @skyscratcher4264
    @skyscratcher4264 3 года назад

    1:47 "And so on so forth, making 26 letters more like 52?"
    1:55 Me: There IS capital and lowercase.
    I'll show them to you in my reply.

    • @skyscratcher4264
      @skyscratcher4264 3 года назад

      Აა
      Ბბ
      Გგ
      Დდ
      Ეე
      Ვვ
      Ზზ
      Თთ
      Იი
      Კკ
      Ლლ
      Მმ
      Ნნ
      Ოო
      Პპ
      Ჟჟ
      Რრ
      Სს
      Ტტ
      Უუ
      Ფფ
      Ქქ
      Ღღ
      Ყყ
      Შშ
      Ჩჩ
      Ცც
      Ძძ
      Წწ
      Ჭჭ
      Ხხ
      Ჯჯ
      Ჰჰ

    • @skyscratcher4264
      @skyscratcher4264 3 года назад

      For example: Საქართველო
      Note: Please do NOT use a phone because something will happen to the capital letter.
      Instead, use a PC.

    • @skyscratcher4264
      @skyscratcher4264 3 года назад

      4th reply please

    • @redgamer821
      @redgamer821 2 года назад

      @@skyscratcher4264 It's important to note that the capital versions are directly derived from the lowercase, as opposed to latin characters often being completely different

    • @lukakalandarishvili
      @lukakalandarishvili 10 месяцев назад

      @@skyscratcher4264 Yes, it is true, you can find keyboards on the mobile apps or on the internet with "Georgian capital letters", because many years ago there was idea to officially add them in the alphabet but the idea was rejected later, so we Georgians do not use capital and lowercase letters, there is no such a thing in Georgian.

  • @mattscommunity1662
    @mattscommunity1662 3 года назад

    Something happened to bani!

  • @nikasvianadze8813
    @nikasvianadze8813 4 года назад +4

    ყავა
    yava
    საქართველო
    Saqartvelo

  • @popcorn5866
    @popcorn5866 4 года назад +1

    So a gogo girl in Georgian is a gogo gogo?

  • @gaelgutierrezramierz9214
    @gaelgutierrezramierz9214 2 года назад +4

    ტჰანკს!

  • @mayanlogos92
    @mayanlogos92 4 года назад +1

    START: 2:19

  • @tyronesmith3947
    @tyronesmith3947 4 года назад +11

    1:00 owo

  • @bibleredpill1834
    @bibleredpill1834 3 года назад

    Man in georgian is mama?

    • @visiting-georgia4650
      @visiting-georgia4650  3 года назад +1

      “Father” in Georgian is მამა mama, “man” is კაცი k’atsi, although sometimes მამაკაცი mamak’atsi is used to mean “man.”

  • @ronald7373
    @ronald7373 4 года назад +4

    I still confuse with these ბპ დტ წძ გკ ჭჯ

    • @visiting-georgia4650
      @visiting-georgia4650  4 года назад +4

      ბ is the B in Boy
      პ is similar to the P in Pizza (but it's a little "sharper")
      დ is the D in Dog
      ტ is similar to the T in Tea (but it's a little "sharper")
      ძ is the DS in Kids
      წ is similar to the zz in Pizza (but it's a little "sharper")
      გ is the G in Good
      ჭ is similar to the ch in Chart (but it's a little "sharper")
      ჯ is the J in Jewelry
      For the "sharper" letters, it is somewhat similar to pronouncing them more forcefully.

    • @ronald7373
      @ronald7373 4 года назад +4

      @@visiting-georgia4650 thanks

  • @LayniPalma
    @LayniPalma 5 месяцев назад +1

    s 6 8 8 o 3 8 a o 3 y En b o 3 3 J m g a h B d 6 g b 5 3 Occuring to English Handwriting

  • @GuitarDad0608
    @GuitarDad0608 5 месяцев назад

    The l in lion

  • @user-bz1zq6kt5m
    @user-bz1zq6kt5m 11 месяцев назад

    სტანდარტიზებულიa pls someone how to pronounce this 😊😊❤

    • @divinity354
      @divinity354 11 месяцев назад

      st'andart'izebelia u used transalator

  • @Samaa-os7hx
    @Samaa-os7hx 4 месяца назад

    Good video
    Music is horrible

  • @ketikiknadze1679
    @ketikiknadze1679 4 года назад

    instagram.com/georgianlanguagecenter/?hl=en

  • @thewave886
    @thewave886 4 года назад

    ეს ქართული / ინგლისური კლავიატურა არის პროდუქტიული და ცვალებადი კლავიატურა. მას აქვს მრავალი თემა და ემოცია.
    play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iconicapplicationz.georgian.keyboard

  • @SaadAltuilaai
    @SaadAltuilaai 3 года назад +2

    So father in Georgian is mama? 😐

  • @konnen4518
    @konnen4518 4 года назад +2

    A lot of similarities with Ge’ez alphabet (Ethiopia)

  • @gurke2702
    @gurke2702 2 года назад

    why are k' and v so similar in writing its's okay with p but k' and v are so so so similar

  • @anasasiajcrowe
    @anasasiajcrowe 4 года назад +1

    🇬🇪

  • @caseyandtoryshalloween1236
    @caseyandtoryshalloween1236 3 года назад

    Aa
    Bb
    Gg
    Dd
    Ee
    Vv
    Zz
    Ť ť
    Ii
    Kk
    Ll
    Mm
    Nn
    Oo
    Pp
    Žž
    Rr
    Ss
    Tt
    Uu
    P̆ p̆
    Ǩǩ
    Ģ ģ
    Qq
    Šš
    Čč
    Cc
    Ǯ ǯ / Ď ď
    Ć ć
    Čh čh
    Ȟȟ
    J j
    H h

  • @komillik_uz
    @komillik_uz 10 месяцев назад

    Why İş gorgean alphabets Like figures

  • @pce0
    @pce0 5 дней назад

    Awful, loud background music that ruins your voice.

  • @mike-fz9el
    @mike-fz9el 2 года назад

    lol completely skipped over the ejectives, didnt even try to pronounce them

  • @alancosta4760
    @alancosta4760 6 месяцев назад

    Try to explain georgian to english speakers is like trying to explain spanish to chinese speakers 😂😂😂
    They'll take a month only to remember the first word

  • @KeinRobloxXS
    @KeinRobloxXS 3 месяца назад

    7:35 NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN

  • @henriquearaujodapiedade3059
    @henriquearaujodapiedade3059 7 месяцев назад

    Y is the vowel DUMB(×2)

    • @shvctrksh
      @shvctrksh 3 месяца назад

      ხო კარგადა ხარ შენა

  • @MichaelHola-yq4rg
    @MichaelHola-yq4rg 11 месяцев назад

    დამატებულია და და ი ნა ხა ო ბის გა!

    • @MichaelHola-yq4rg
      @MichaelHola-yq4rg 11 месяцев назад

      ! და და გამარჯობა

  • @torypalmeri6242
    @torypalmeri6242 4 года назад +1

    Georgian Latin alphabet
    Aa
    Bb
    Cc
    Čč
    Ćć
    Çç
    Dd
    Ee
    F, f,/P, p,
    Gg
    Ğğ
    Hh
    H, h,
    Ii
    Jj
    Kk
    Ќќ
    Ll
    Mm
    Nn
    Oo
    Pp
    Q, q,
    Rr
    Ss
    Šš
    Tt
    Ťť
    Uu
    Vv
    Zz
    Žž
    Letters not used no more
    Éé
    Ff
    Ōō
    Qq
    Ww
    Yy
    Letters used in minority
    Xx
    Letters only in Cyrillic
    Śś

  • @herneysebi
    @herneysebi 4 месяца назад

    bz

  • @user-ec3gc1ov5b
    @user-ec3gc1ov5b 5 месяцев назад

    he

  • @Mary-wl7xs
    @Mary-wl7xs 10 месяцев назад

    can someone translate this saying,
    " fuck you " in Georgian language, please . getting a tattoo and google is wonky

  • @sevens067
    @sevens067 7 месяцев назад

    გეორგია

  • @ZuhailiZainaL77
    @ZuhailiZainaL77 Месяц назад

  • @skyscratcher4264
    @skyscratcher4264 3 года назад

    Pronunciation of the Georgian letters:
    a b g d e v z
    t i k l m n o
    p zh r s t' u ph
    q gh k' sh ch ts z'
    ts' tch' kh j h

  • @AvaPlayz12349
    @AvaPlayz12349 5 месяцев назад

    აპლიკაცია

  • @banjaluckialexcaruso9061
    @banjaluckialexcaruso9061 2 года назад

    Letter J sus

  • @gilleschoquet479
    @gilleschoquet479 3 года назад +1

    This video may be good in a way... But what a stupid idea to put a music in it. To listen carfully the pronounciation of a language we need a calm environment. I really got fed up of this music after two minutes.

  • @sevens067
    @sevens067 7 месяцев назад

    ალპჰაბეტ

  • @johngibson2029
    @johngibson2029 8 месяцев назад

    ¿.

  • @_dragonsk8681
    @_dragonsk8681 3 года назад

    გამარჯობა ჰაჰაჰაჰაჰაჰა

  • @mayanlogos92
    @mayanlogos92 4 года назад +1

    You know... it would have helped if you said d like in dog... b like in bee...
    Not only the two words per letter with no indications... lol... I thought dog is mother 😂😂😂

  • @christopherellis2663
    @christopherellis2663 3 года назад

    Too much blather about English, to what end? The world doesn't speak American.... not 'sharper ', ejective

  • @skyscratcher4264
    @skyscratcher4264 3 года назад

    ა ბ გ დ ე ვ ზ თ ი კ ლ მ ნ ო პ ჟ რ ს ტ უ ფ ქ ღ ყ შ ჩ ც ძ წ ჭ ხ ჯ ჰ