Languages of the country

Georgia

Official language: Georgian. Regional: Abkhazian, Ossetic. Population (CLDR): 4.9 million.

Map of regions

Colours mark the regions where a language is official or predominant; stripes – several languages in one region. Hover over a language in the list to see its regions.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Georgian ქართული Official 86%
Abkhazian аԥсуа бызшәа

Official in Abkhazia (with Russian in practice).

Regional 2.2%
Ossetic ирон Regional 2.2%
Mingrelian მარგალური ნინა Widely used 11%
Russian русский Minority 9%
Armenian հայերեն Minority 7%
Kurdish kurdî (kurmancî) Minority 0.9%

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