not contain Capital letters, but I have added them to the transliterations for the comfort of the reader.
When a Georgian word or name is known internationally, I have used the familiar spelling.
Georgian |
Transliteration |
Pronunciation |
character | ||
b |
A |
French, pątte |
& |
b |
Box |
a |
g |
Got |
d |
Dot | |
0 |
e |
Get |
3 |
V |
Voice |
<b |
z |
Zoo |
co |
t |
lot |
o |
i |
B[t |
3 |
k’ |
Glottalized voiceless stop, k, no equivalent in English |
<2? |
1 |
Little |
a |
m |
Men |
6 |
n |
Nose |
co |
0 |
German, glocken |
3 |
P’ |
Glottalized voiceless stop, p, no equivalent in English |
3 |
zh |
measure |
(ó |
r |
Red |
b |
s |
Sob |
Ó |
t’ |
Glottalized voiceless stop, t, no equivalent in English |
'O |
u |
Book |
P |
Pot | |
d |
k |
Cot |
e> |
gh |
voiced fricative, no equivalent in English |
3 |
q |
glottalized, k, no equivalent in English |
9 |
sh |
Shot |
B |
ch |
Chop |
6 |
ts |
Tsar |
a |
dz |
kudzu |
$ |
ts’ |
Glottalized voiceless stop, ts, no equivalent in English |
5 |
ch’ |
Glottalized voiceless stop, ch, no equivalent in English |
b |
kh |
Loch |
X |
j |
Jot |
h |
Hat |
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