Kartvelian · ISO 639-3 kat · ka
Georgian Language ქართული
Georgian is a Kartvelian language spoken by about 3.7 million people in 4 countries. It is an official language of Georgia. It is written in the Georgian, Georgian Khutsuri and Latin scripts.
Where Georgian is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Georgian language
Georgian (ქართული) is spoken by about 3.7 million people, which makes it the 222nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao (3.7 million) and ahead of Shekhawati (3.7 million). It belongs to the Kartvelian language family and, more precisely, to the Georgic group within the Georgic branch.
Where is Georgian spoken?
Georgian is used in 4 countries. The largest communities live in Georgia (4.2 million), Russia (84,492), Iran (62,754) and Türkiye (47,106). More than half of the population speaks it in Georgia — the places where travellers will hear it everywhere.
Share of the population that speaks Georgian: Georgia 86% (4.2 million), Russia <0.1% (84,492), Iran <0.1% (62,754) and Türkiye <0.1% (47,106).
Georgian is an official language in 1 country: Georgia.
Writing system and status
Georgian is written in the Georgian, Georgian Khutsuri and Latin scripts. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 ka, ISO 639-3 kat.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.