Language/Georgian/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
There are 33 sounds in the modern Georgian language: five vowels that in pronunciation are exactly the same as there English equivalents and 28 consonants, with the some that are characteristic of only the Georgian language.
Each letter of the Georgian alphabet represents a sound, which is pronounced almost always the same. Cursive letters insignificantly differ from printed ones. There are also no capital letters. Only one symbol is used to designate one sound. In consequence of these peculiarities Georgian orthography is simple as compared with English that of many and other languages. If you pronounce the word correctly, you will always write it correctly. That is why we give special attention to the pronunciation of sounds that are not in English, but characterize Georgian. There are 5 vowels in Georgian and all of them are pronounced as in English. As for consonants the matter is more difficult. Some of them are like English ones, others differ.
Alphabet and Pronunciation
| Letter | ა | ბ | გ | დ | ე | ვ | ზ | თ | ი | კ | ლ | მ | ნ | ო | პ | ჟ | რ | ს | ტ | უ | ფ | ქ | ღ | ყ | შ | ჩ | ც | ძ | წ | ჭ | ხ | ჯ | ჰ |
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| IPA | /ɑ/, Svan /a, æ/ | /b/ | /ɡ/ | /d/ | /ɛ/ | /v/ | /z/ | /t⁽ʰ⁾/ | /i/ | /kʼ/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɔ/, Svan /ɔ, œ/ | /pʼ/ | /ʒ/ | /r/ | /s/ | /tʼ/ | /u/, Svan /u, y/ | /p⁽ʰ⁾/ | /k⁽ʰ⁾/ | /ɣ/ | /qʼ/ | /ʃ/ | /tʃ⁽ʰ⁾/ | /ts⁽ʰ⁾/ | /dz/ | /tsʼ/ | /tʃʼ/ | /χ/ | /dʒ/ | /h/ |
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