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Georgian
damts'erloba "script" in Mkhedruli
Script type
Time period
430 AD[1] – present
LanguagesGeorgian (originally) and other Kartvelian languages
Related scripts
Parent systems
Modelled on Greek
  • Georgian
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Geor (240), ​Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli) – Georgian (Mkhedruli)
Geok, 241 – Khutsuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri)
Unicode
Unicode alias
Georgian
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The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, all three are unicase, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order, and are written horizontally from left to right. Of the three scripts, Mkhedruli, once the civilian royal script of the Kingdom of Georgia and mostly used for the royal charters, is now the standard script for modern Georgian and its related Kartvelian languages, whereas Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri are used only by the Georgian Orthodox Church, in ceremonial religious texts and iconography.

  1. ^ Oldest found Georgian inscription so far. Exact date of introduction is unclear.