The Georgian language emerges from the mists of time in full possession of its own language group and is unrelated to any other. The sub-languages within this small, very special group; - modern Georgian (Karvelian), Mingrelian, Svan and Laz - are all related, yet diverged so long ago from the mother tongue they are now virtually separate languages. Out of our rich linguistic routes Georgian culture has found its solid and distinctive character

Karvelian, the Georgian language is one of the oldest in the world, with its own distinctive alphabet, one of only 13 in the world. Georgian writing was first seen in the 5th century and early example can been seen in Palestine, in the Georgian monastery of the Holy Cross as well as in Bethlehem desert (Bir-ell-Katt). One of the oldest examples is at the Sioni church in Bolnisi, just south of Tbilisi.

New and old versions of Georgian letters