ဝိက်ရှေန်နရဳ:ပညာရမျာင်ဂျဝ်ဂျဳယျာ
See Georgian phonology at Wikipedia for a thorough look at the sounds of Georgian.
Consonants
ပလေဝ်ဒါန်On the left are IPA symbols, and on the right are the corresponding letters of the modern Georgian alphabet, which is essentially phonemic.
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post-alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | მ | ნ | |||||
| Stop | aspirated | ფ | თ | ქ | |||
| voiced | ბ | დ | გ | ||||
| ejective | პ | ტ | კ | ყ | |||
| Affricate | (aspirated) | 1 ც | 1 ჩ | ||||
| voiced | ძ | ჯ | |||||
| ejective | წ | ჭ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | ს | შ | 2 ხ | ჰ | ||
| voiced | ვ | ზ | ჟ | 2 ღ | |||
| Vibrant | რ | ||||||
| Lateral | ლ | ||||||
Vowels
ပလေဝ်ဒါန်| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | ი | უ |
| Mid | ე | ო |
| Open | ა | |
| Letter | National transcription |
IPA transcription |
|---|---|---|
| ა | a | |
| ბ | b | |
| გ | g | |
| დ | d | |
| ე | e | |
| ვ | v | |
| ზ | z | |
| თ | t | |
| ი | i | |
| კ | k’ | |
| ლ | l | |
| მ | m | |
| ნ | n | |
| ო | o | |
| პ | p’ | |
| ჟ | zh | |
| რ | r | |
| ს | s | |
| ტ | t’ | |
| უ | u | |
| ფ | p | |
| ქ | k | |
| ღ | gh | |
| ყ | q’ | |
| შ | sh | |
| ჩ | ch | |
| ც | ts | |
| ძ | dz | |
| წ | ts’ | |
| ჭ | ch’ | |
| ხ | kh | |
| ჯ | j | |
| ჰ | h |