Learn the Georgian Alphabet

ქართული ანბანი

Learn to read the Georgian Alphabet (ქართული ანბანი): all 33 letters with names, sounds and audio, plus flashcards, listening, typing and matching practice.

Letter	Name	Latin letters	Sound
ა	An	a	a as in father
ბ	Ban	b	b as in bed
გ	Gan	g	g as in go (always hard)
დ	Don	d	d as in dog
ე	En	e	e as in pet
ვ	Vin	v	v as in van
ზ	Zen	z	z as in zoo
თ	Tan	t	t with a puff of air, as in top
ი	In	i	ee as in see
კ	K'an	k'	k as an ejective: close your throat, then release a sharp, popped k with no puff of air
ლ	Las	l	l as in lamp
მ	Man	m	m as in mother
ნ	Nar	n	n as in no
ო	On	o	o as in for, kept short
პ	P'ar	p'	p as an ejective: close your throat and release a crisp p with no puff of air
ჟ	Zhan	zh	s as in measure
რ	Rae	r	a rolled or tapped r, as in Spanish pero
ს	San	s	s as in sun
ტ	T'ar	t'	t as an ejective: close your throat and release a sharp, clicky t with no puff of air
უ	Un	u	oo as in moon
ფ	Par	p	p with a puff of air, as in pin
ქ	Kan	k	k with a puff of air, as in kite
ღ	Ghan	gh	a gargled g from the back of the throat, like French r
ყ	Q'ar	q'	a k made deep in the throat, released as an ejective pop; hard for most learners
შ	Shin	sh	sh as in ship
ჩ	Chin	ch	ch as in church, with a puff of air
ც	Tsan	ts	ts as in cats, with a puff of air
ძ	Dzil	dz	dz as in adze
წ	Ts'il	ts'	ts as an ejective: a sharp, popped ts with no puff of air
ჭ	Ch'ar	ch'	ch as an ejective: a sharp, popped ch with no puff of air
ხ	Khan	kh	a rough h from the back of the throat, like ch in Scottish loch
ჯ	Jan	j	j as in jam
ჰ	Hae	h	h as in hat

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