Standard Georgian

• Published in: Journal of the International Phonetic Association Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 255 - 264
• Main Authors: Shosted, Ryan K., Chikovani, Vakhtang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2006; Cambridge University Press for the International Phonetic Association
• Subjects: Air flow; Consonants; Descriptive studies and applied theories; Dialects; Diaspora; Fricative consonants; Georgian language; Illustrations; ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IPA; Kartvelian languages; Linguistics; Phonemics; Phonetics; Phonology; Regional dialects; Standard dialects; Stop consonants; Uvular consonants; Velar consonants; Vowels; New York; California; Tbilisi Georgia (country); United States > US; Georgia (country); Phonetics

Georgian is a Kartvelian (South Caucasian) language spoken by 4 to 5 million people in the Republic of Georgia, with small diaspora communities spread out in a few republics of the former Soviet Union, Iran, and Turkey. Shanidze (1973) distinguishes six groups of Georgian dialects: Dasavluri (Imerul...