Georgian grammar is very different from English. Here are a few interesting facts:

• No gender: Georgian doesn’t have “he” or “she.” Instead, they use one word (is) for both.
• Long words: Georgians can create long words by combining smaller ones. For example, gadmoqcevisuplebeli means “a person who will transfer something.”
• Cases: Georgian changes the endings of words depending on their role in a sentence. For example, the word for “book” changes depending on whether you are talking about the book, holding the book, or giving the book to someone.
• Georgian lacks grammatical gender and articles, and definite meanings are established through context.
• Georgia is considered the birthplace of winemaking. In 2017, researchers discovered an 8,000-year-old winemaking site near Tbilisi.
• Georgians are known for their hospitality and believe that guests are a gift from God. At traditional Georgian feasts, guests are welcomed with open arms and locals delight in feeding them traditional treats.
• Georgians have 18 dialects within their country: Imeretian, Lechkhumian, Rachan, Gurian, Adjarian, Imerkhevian, Kartlian, Meskhian, Javakhian, Mokhevian, Mtiuletian-Gudamaqrian, Khevsurian, Pshavian, Tushetian, Kakhetian, Tianetian, Ingiloan, and Fereydanian.

 

• The Russian-Georgian War, also known as the Five-Day War, lasted from August 7, 2008 – August 12, 2008. This war shocked the entire world just as we were entering a financial crisis that took most of the American government’s attention off the war, as the target was to try not to go down the road of a global economic crisis. Elections were taking place in the States at the time, and having elected Barack Obama, it was kind of a “reset in U.S-Russian relations” as the U.S. then started to look for strategies to cooperate with Russia. Georgia seemed to recover well after the five-day war;  “its political and economic reform processes continued and even accelerated in the years after the war.”  (Pallin, Carolina Vendil, and Fredrik Westerlund, 2013)

 

• The Georgian language has been around for at least 1,500 years. The writing system of the language Georgian is written in three alphabets: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri, and Mkhedruli. Its alphabet is made up of 33 letters, written from left to right, and each letter is represented by one sound. Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri are the only two used by the Georgian Orthodox Church. Their origin of the Georgian script is unknown but the version we can see from the 5th century is Asomtavruli, also known as Mrgvlovani. The letters are of equal height and in most letters, the straight lines are horizontal/vertical and meet at the right angles. Nuskhuri is the second Georgian script and appeared in the 9th century. The letters vary in height and are slanted to the right which enables faster writing of manuscripts. Mkhedruli is the third and current Georgian script and appeared in the 10th century. The letters become more rounding and free in writing then the other two alphabets. 

 

• The most widely recognized of the various ideas regarding the origins of the Georgian script posits that it originated from the Greek alphabet. Information regarding its creation date and creator can be found in Georgian history documents. One of Kartlos’s relatives, Kartli, had its first ruler in this Parnavaz. As a result of his efforts, Georgian became the most widely spoken language in Kartli. In addition, he invented Georgian writing. Three phases of change were made to the Georgian alphabet: asomtavruli (mrgvlovani), nuskhuri, and mkhedruli. The transitions between these three letter kinds occurred gradually and represent a single, cohesive cycle of graphic development of the letter-signs.