ဝိက်ရှေန်နရဳ:ပညာရမျာင်ဂျဝ်ဂျဳယျာ
See Georgian phonology at Wikipedia for a thorough look at the sounds of Georgian.
Consonants
[ပလေဝ်ဒါန်]On 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 |