Monday, May 22, 2006

Languages of Georgia

Georgia. 4,693,892. National or official language: Georgian. Capital: Tbilisi. 26,911 square miles. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes Armenian (448,000), Chechen, Greek (38,000), Judeo-Crimean Tatar, Lak (246), Lezgi (3,650), North Azerbaijani (308,000), Pontic (120,000), Russian (372,000), Tatar (3,102), Turkish (3,102), Udi (500), Ukrainian (52,000). Information mainly from T. Sebeok 1963; E. Haby 1975, A. Kibrik 1991. The number of languages listed for Georgia is 12. Of those, all are living languages.

Link: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Georgia

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