katTechnical information about ISO 639 language code kat
The table below provides technical details for the Georgian language, designated by the kat code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Georgian Native Ქართული |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Kartlian (Central)KakhetianImeretianGurianAdjarianRachanTushetianPshavianMeskhian (Meskhetian)Ingiloan |
| Related languages | MingrelianLazSvan |
| Key facts | Mkhedruli alphabet has 33 letters and no distinct uppercase formsEarliest Georgian inscriptions date to the 5th century CE, giving it one of the oldest continuous literary traditions in the CaucasusFeatures ejective consonants and complex consonant clusters allowing up to eight consonants in a rowVerbal morphology is polypersonal, encoding subject, object, and indirect object in a single verb formIt belongs to the small Kartvelian family, unrelated to Indo-European, Turkic or Semitic groups |
| Sample phrase | გამარჯობა, როგორ ხარ? |
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The Georgian language, identified by the code kat, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Georgian language: kat for terminology purposes and geo for bibliographic uses.
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