Not only the language. Also the music, particularly singing, and first of all - the people deserve appreciation. Preserve your precious culture, stay independent, stay yourself.
Your culture is why I am learning this language. I met men who have personally faught wars with Russia. Here in america, the only war the men fight are on their computer games.
hah ... considering the state of the language , story is sad ... KarTuli is already crippled , validity and complexity of it's native form got shattered , i would say that from over 170 thousand root "meanings" / concepts/ words of the language we have only 10-25% preserved , most of vocabulary , especially native root words aren't used , and noone cares enough to revive it ...
It's estimated to be extinct in next 50-60 years due to high migration rates, low fertility, bilingualism and also don't forget the everlasting threat from Russia
გამარჯობა, მე ვარ ერთი ესპანელი , რომელიც სწავლობს ქართულს. ჩემთვის ენა ძალიან, ძალიან ლამაზია. 😍😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩 მე მიყვარს ენა და ქვეყანა.😍😍😍🌍🌍🌍 მე არ ვარ საქართველოდან, მაგრამ საქართველო არის ჩემი საქართველო.😍🌍🌍🌍🌍😘😘😍😍😍🌍🌍 თუ თქვენ ქართველები ხართ და ესპანურად ლაპარაკი გინდათ, რადგან ენას სწავლობთ, მე აქ ვარ. :D:D.
დიდი სიამოვნებით ვისწავლიდი ესპანურს :)) თუ გინდა დაგიკავშირდები, მე ქართული ენის უკეთ სწავლაში დაგეხმარები შენ კი ცოტა ესპანური მასწავლე :)) სიმბიოზრად რა :))
I have my first Georgian lesson this week and I’m super excited! This language seems really difficult but it’s so beautiful and I really want to learn it
@@Ajm833 Thank you for the notice. I had not known of these languages until today. I agree that they have very artistic scripts, almost science fiction alien in appearance. I would like to add to that list Sanskrit, Telugu, and Hebrew. Each of these is beautiful and compelling in their own way . . . .
გამარჯობა და დიდი მადლობა. ეს ძალიან კარგი ფილმია (/გაცნობა). წელს დავიწყე წავლობს კართული ენა. ალბათ ეს არ უბრალოა მაგრამ ძალიან 💖 მიყვარს. ეს ულამაზესი ენაა დედამიწაში. გმადლობ ჯული, კარგად მუშაიბა 😉 კარგი აკეთებდი.
The first Georgian I ever met was in Atlanta Georgia, and I must confess she spoke better English than the native USA Georgian who introduced her to me, who I had a hard time understanding due to his thick southern drawl. I still have her name and phone number written on a bar napkin in that beautiful Georgian script. Funny thing, she reminded me of a Hungarian woman I had once met in Bratislava but I can't quite say why. Never been to Georgia but I think the invitation may still be open ;-)
And here I am a georgian, whose dream is to visit Argentina. I speak spanish (with argentinian accent, don't know why or how:)) and love your culture and people. Also, Argentina was the first country (in 1917), that recognized Georgia's independence. We will never forget that
I speak Spanish as native language, which also is pretty difficult when it comes to conjugations, therefore, as afraid to death as I am of your beautiful language's examples of many cases and conjugations, I am also deathstruck and fascinated by such a vast realm of possibilities and writing. Saludos desde México. Greetings from Mexico.
Yes, he is right. We have 3 type of Alphabet. 1). ნუსხური -------- Nuskhuri 2). ნუსხახუცური - NuskhaKhutsuri 3). მხედრული ------ Mkhedruli ( Mkhedruli is the last of them)
Georgian is a strange but absolutely beautiful language and this video’s helping me as I learn it and is a good memory refresher. გამარჯობა ამერიკიდან!
The most ancient variant of Georgian(Kartvelian) language is actually Svan language which is even harder. It has been isolated 5000 years ago and almost hasn't changed since. Svan language also doesn't have any swearing words and if they swear, they swear in Georgian. Proto Georgians seemed to be quite polite people 😂😂 and we learnt some bad habits later on from others I think
ARE GEORGIANS RELATED TO CHECHEN ITALIAN SPANISH ARMENIEN GREEK RUSSIAN PORTUGUESE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT I MEAN GENETICALLY NOT FROM LANGUAGE I MEAN SAME DNA WITH WHICH COUNTRIES? And what is kartvelian countrys or ingush country's?
My grandfather my fathers father is Gurju Gurcu in Turkish Georgian, he was an orphan and came to Samsun with his aunt at the age of 16 where he got married with my Grandmother. Love from Samsun and Melbourne Australia where i am currently residing.
"If you think it is easy then you will make a lot more" *mistakes* and thus progress. The more mistakes are generated; if they're corrected, the quicker one progresses to no mistakes at all. 😊
Labas!! Aš gyvenau 1 metus Lietuvoje ir ten mokiausi lietuvių kalbos ( tavo gimtoji kalba). Dabar mokausi gruzinų kalbos ir armėnų kalbos. Saludos a Georgia y a Lituania desde España. ))
@@w346 მე ლიტვაში ვცხოვრობდი. ახლა საქართველოში წასვლა მინდა. მე ვარ ერთი ესპანელი რომელიც ლაპარაკობს ლიტვურად და (რომ) ახლა სწავლობს ქართულს. 👍👍👍🤗🤗🌎🌎🌎🌎
Why is there always people trying to take the motivation away from people? :( Georgian isn't a hard language, people usually believe that because they have no experience with more languages (usually not more than 3 or 4), you'll achieve it in no time if you are dedicated to it.
@@Wisdom23 yes it is where all middle east dance together ❤️ everyone loves it . it originates from normal daily farming gestures. Syrian and lebenan are well known for dabke. Iraqis are known for yazleh !
Julie seems so bright and intelligent and full of curiosity. It's always refreshing to see someone be so proficient at their passion. I look forward to her discussing and speaking other languages in the future. She gets a subscribe. She's also ridiculously beautiful and has an adorable accent. I'm not sorry for saying this lol.
I am Georgian and I am proud to be Georgian. Georgia is the best country on the earth. There are friendly and kind people, who love all guest, It doesn't matter if the guest is an enemy or a relative. I love you Georgia! საქართველოს გაუმარჯოს!
There are not people who loves stranger guests, we love only our guests :) ნუ შეუქმნი წარმოდგენას აქ მკითხველებს რომ ჩამოვლენ საქართველოში ყველა ოჯახი ლობიოთი, მწნილით და დედას პურით შეეგებება... :) სტუმარი გვიყვარს ჩვენი, უცხო სტუმარი არცერთ ქართველს არ უხარია ბრიყვის მეტს.
@@mariamidzamashvili2686 გაგდებით პოლინეზიელსაც არ გავაგდებ ადამიანის შინაგანი მორალი და ბუნება გვკარნახობს ამას, მაშინ გკითხავ - ვინ გააგდებს? სადმე ვინმე ტყიურების გარდა ნორმალური ერი გეგულება ვინც გზააბნეულ კაცს, უცხოს კარს მიუჯახუნებს? შესაძლებლობის ფარგლებში დაეხმარება ხომ? ეგრეა ყველა და ამ საერთო სტანდარტიდან გამომდინარე რატომ ვართ მაინცადამაინც ეს "სტუმართმოყვარენი" აი ამას ვერ ვიგებ...
@@davidj.gumberidze5901 ისტორიიდან არ გსმენია რომ ქართველი ადამიანი შიმშილით რომ მომკვდარიყო უკანასკნელ სტუმრისთვის გადანახულ ქათამს მანამ არ დაკლავდა სანამ სტუმარი არ ეწვეოდა? უკანასკნელ ლუკმას აძლევდნენ სტუმარს, არც ფიქრობდნენ მშიერი დარჩებოდნენ თვითონ თუ არა, პლიუს მაგას წასვლისას სტუმარს თავიანთ უკანასკნელ ცხენს სჩუქნიდნენო. სიკეთე და სტუმართმოყვარეობა ის არაა, სახლში ნაირ-ნაირი ხორცი და კერძები რომ გაქვს და სტუმარს მხოლოდ "პურზე გაატარებ". შეიძლება სხვა ქვეყნებშიც არიან სტუმართმოყვარე ხალხი მაგრამ ქართველები განსაკუთრებულ პატივს სცემენ სტუმარს და ფრაზა "სტუმარი ღვთისაა" დაზეპირებული ლამაზი ფრაზა არაა, დიდი აზრი აქვს და ქართველები ზუსტად მაგიტომ არიან ყველაზე სტუმართმოყვარე ხალხი.
Love this! Thanks Julie! I was just considering whether to accept a job offer from Tbilisi and your video has definitely weighted my decision in favour! 😃
Today I heard this language for the first time (from a Georgian soldier in Ukraine 😔) and it's the most beautiful language I have heard in my life. Wow and you also have your own letters. They are so pretty too!
Very informative video. Exactly what I was looking for. I heard some Georgian music on RU-vid recently and became fascinated to the language. Thanks for this video.
Nah the part of the brain which inspired you to learn Georgian was the romantic, poetic, creative, inspirational one. The part that needs the aspirin is the rational, logical, methodical one which has to learn the logic of the language, and the phonology, gramnar and consonants!!!
As a Turkish, I would love to learn Georgian. You have a beautiful culture and people. But, your language is so unique, and isolated at the same time, probably because of the mountainous structure of the Caucasus. Georgian can be an amazing experience for those who want to learn something different and special or for people who learn different kinds of languages as a hobby. Your folk music sounds very good to my ears and soul. I especially like to listen to "Trio Mandili". They usually give a place to nature in their clips. Although not very much, some of the timbres in our music are similar. I think this similarity stems from the fact that panduri and baglama are stringed instruments that have similar tunes. In addition to music group "Trio Mandili", I can advise the music, that called "Gandagana" to people, who came to this video to learn more about Georgians. It's music that I really enjoy listening to. Besides their music, they have also beautiful folk dances. Their choreography and movements add elegance and nobility to the dancers. Besides their music, they have also beautiful folk dances. Their choreography and movements add elegance and nobility to the dancers. Especially, if you search "Georgian dance in the street" on youtube, you can see Georgian people naturally while dancing in a happy way. It also makes me too happy to see our neighbors happy like that.
1) "Gandagana" has lots of types. That's my favorite one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x2qnDm7hyq0.html&ab_channel=GeorgianPeople-Topic 2) I think the nobility of Georgian dances is particularly prominent in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GBsjvAvf9W0.html&ab_channel=Dance 3) You should check out these girls' youtube channel: ru-vid.com
By the way, I didn't know Laz people have Georgian origins. I thought they have Rum roots. It was interesting to learn that in this video. Laz jokes are very common in Turkey. Especially, there are two fictional characters called "Temel" and "Dursun". They symbolize the characteristics of Black Sea people in Turkey in jokes. If you google "Temel and Dursun jokes", you can find more about them. People who go to other parts of Turkey from the Black Sea region are often referred to as Laz by the locals regardless of their ethnic identity. My mother is from Trabzon, located in the Black Sea Region of Turkey and my grandfather came to Adana, where is located in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey, for working while my mom was a kid. We generally put "oğulları", which means "of sons", at the end of the family names. My mother's family is called "Lazoğulları" which means the sons of Laz here.
Maybe, it was a piece of unnecessary information😁. But pretty interesting I think 😁. Kind regards to everyone. Georgian people are really nice, their culture and country are amazing. Good luck in your learning process.
I was in Sakartvelo many times -- I love the country, the people, the music, the food, the history -- everything and everyone! Most of all, I love their hospitality. I once went with a friend who speaks fluent English, French, mandarin; Japanese, and very good Russian, Hindi, and Spanish. He didn't know about the Georgia language, so he got a few books, particularly one (which I still have) about the Georgian grammar... He humbly told me and my Georgian friends, that it was way too complicated -- to know how to speak it well, you had to be born into the language! Thanks you for a very good summary of the Georgian language!
I'm from India(from the southern part). And I can't help but to notice that the Georgian alphabet seems to have a lot of similarities with alphabet in Dravidian language groups like tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam. Especially the script with the loopy text. Telugu is my mother tounge and similar to Georgian language all the words in Dravidian languages end with a vowel sound. So... Fascinating!
All Indic scripts descended from Brahmic script, which is thought to be of some sort of Semitic origin but that is very debatable. This is in contrast to the actual language families which are different, but writing in India is mostly of the same origin. However, there is no clear relation to Georgian scripts and anything else. The similarity is probably coincidental, but fun to see.
@@cashmir5883 If you are equating Indo-Europeans with Caucasians, then you are mistaken, but either way, neither Indo-Europeans nor Caucasian brought writing to India. Indo-Europeans brought a lot of linguistic influence, particularly in the north, and were well known for being illiterate. Indus Script is the earliest script in the geographical area, but the first truly Indic scripts would be descended from Brahmi, which we are cautious to hypothesize has any relation to either Semitic or Indus script. Put briefly, you are assuming that Indo-European influence extended to scripts, but due to the Indo-Europeans being initially illiterate, many of the scripts developed separately, in particular Brahmic scripts, and you may be confusing them with Caucasians.
I have Georgian root from Artvin Turkey where many Georgian descended people live. My granparents used to speak Georgian to me to teach some words when i was a child but unfortunately i don't remember more than a few words today. I love the sound of Georgian and especialy looking of the alphabet. To me it's look like elvish :) Not sure if the Georgian in Turkey is the same with today's Georgia but they used to tell me " puri chame" when they want me to eat something. Much love from Turkey to our brother nation
@@yusufs1878 you are our forever and unforgettable pain.. people and lands that Georgia lost to Turkey and Georgians who migrated due to Russo-Turkish war.
One of the best videos I have seen on RU-vid.Julie performance is fascinating, with sense of humor and charming personality...Love from Polish fan ....from Israel.
i've always fascinated by how beautiful georgian language is. my mother side is georgian-turk and my father side is circassian-turk. i've always felt closer to my georgian side tho. my mother cannot speak this language but my grandmother could before she passed away. and it was suprising to saw that she can communicate her relatives in georgia with no problem. Even though she has never been to Georgia, her family has preserved their language for centuries. it was amazing.
Beautiful language and even more beautiful country. I lived in the capital of Georgia (Tbilisi) for half a year. Loved this experience to bits. Definitely coming back someday! Thank You for the video. Madloba
Woooow!!! I really loved this video and even more because I learn languages at university (I study languages and translation). Languages are my passion and now I want to learn Georgian. 😍😍😍
Good and pleasant presentation. My Language is Hungarian. My language is also gender-neutral. I found during my visit to Georgia a word - Khidi, in Hungarian we call this 'Hid', it means Bridge in English.It represents the same object.. Our ancestors were Skytians (skvituli) and lived in the region of Mtskheta, not far from Tbilisi, Avar Hun, Magyar.
I love your subtle humor at the beginning of this video and I guess you must be a loyal subscriber to Langfocus Channel & a big fan of Paul😂（hopefully it's not offensive）. Love your linguistic videos & love you so much Julie！
RU-vid has sent me down a Georgian Music and cultural rabbit hole tonight and as part of that I have discovered this wonderful video and in turn your channel. Thank you so much!
One more amazing video! Thank you so much for this. I find the language fascinating and the alphabet beautiful, I just find some phonemes which sound so much alike too daunting and that is far more of a problem to me cause I would probably have a hard time to distinguish them. However, I haven't completely given up trying to learn it yet but it's really hard, especially when one tries to learn several other ones and can't dedicate oneself exclusively to it.
Personally I've never heared of the word ''bairaxi'' which is turkish for flag apparently. The Georgian word for flag is drosha. However, good video thanks for your effort.
Thank you for this video. I am planning to got to Georgia for my Birthday this year. Very excited to meet all the lovely people, experience the culture, food and nature
i saw your video for now, and i fell in love with you💖💖 XD i am from georgia and i am so happy. this video was great, just great. you explained everything perfectly. thanks for this video 💖💖
I have no words to say about this video...just much respect from me and thanks for your inspiration for creating this video!!! (I'm dedicated Georgian🇬🇪)
Good video! My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
Thank you for the lesson. Here in New York City 8:02 am Monday September 6th trying to learn how to speak ,and write Georgian and learn about the culture. I'm in love😍 with the writing.
I'm from Iran. 2 months ago I came to Tbilisi and Batumi. It was very nice country with gentile and hospitable people. thank you Georgian friends. Love for You
I would love to know more about my heritage from Iran. My grandfather was 100% Iranian, well about as pure as it gets I guess. I never knew him personally so I wish I could know more about our people from there so I can feel closer to him, I am American and my photo on my page isn’t my real face, I look more traditional with pale olive skin and I have dark hair and a long beard like Cyrus the great! Haha but either way I find myself drawing nearer to my Persian side and I’m fascinated with the history of our people. I know that I wouldn’t be accepted as a Persian or Iranian but I don’t care I feel like I am on the inside so that’s all that matters to me.
Thank you very much for the comprehensive introduction to Georgian language. This initial knowledge is greatly helpful for learners before they dive deeper into the study of this unique language.
Very in depth analysis ! I also enjoy studying languages. To assist me, I get the language I'm studying translated into the first book of Harry Potter. I have the Georgia translation of Harry Potter. (Surprising that it exists.) French numbers are also a little unusual : 90 in French is 4 20 10. :-) Thanks for all your hard work !!
@Bobby Hulse i think Russian language is less difficult because of alphabet, grammar, and pronounce are so difficult in Georgian language. we can contact on Facebook and send massages on Georgian language if you want. it will help you i think.
As a native English speaker, it's mind blowing that letters (especially vowels) could have just one sound and that you wouldn't need to combine those letters to make more sounds
@Gheorghiță Al Sunculiței Maybe, but that sounds nice and very much in place. "Our language is like a cry of an eagle and yours - like a whizz of a sabre." That's what said a Georgian tank-man to his Polish friends in the film "Four tank-man and a dog". (I wouldn't be surprised if you had watched that series :) )
Oddities also occur. for example: - გაგაფაღარათა - Gagapagharata (derived from the word ფაღარათი) there are six "A" (Sorry and do not consider this an insult) English translation: - "made you diarrhea"
Northwest Caucasian languages such as Circassian and Abkhazian put Georgian to shame when it comes numbers of consonant phonemes - the dialects have of to 70 or 80 different consonant phonemes - and only about TWO vowels ! Georgian is a piece of cake by comparison !
Thank you for your very informative video. I run a Facebook group and we have quite a few members from Georgia. I wanted to learn a little about the language and found your video very helpful..
Thank you so much for this video🤗 I'm Georgian and I am sure that everyone from my country want to say the same to you. There are so many people who don't even know about Georgia's existence while we have such a long history. Wish you everything the best❤❤❤
You give a very interesting summary of the language. It fascinates me. Are you a native Georgian speaker? I speak reasonable russian; I was so proud some 30 years ago to be mistaken for a Georgian in Russia.
@@JuLingo you're welcome! I was in 1988 and for a long time married to ussr citizen whose parents were Chuvash and who spoke Tartar and Russian as well. My "best man" Badri Xurdzidze was "Gruzin" and my stag night in a dingy "obsherzhite" near Yugo Zapadnaya in Moscow was spent with him and his Georgian mates. The following ~2 decades weren't great - some of us make mistakes when we are young - but I'm glad I inherited my late father's love for minority (especially East European and Caucasian) language, music and geography). Look forward to some more films from you soon, maybe one on Chuvash? Best wishes and a happy new year 2019. Daniel.
@@JuLingo I have started to try to learn some Georgian. I am enjoying the pronunciation challenge. The alphabet I am tackling little by little. The absence of links to any language with which I am familiar fascinates me. I will be happy if I can learn 300-400 words. I was listening to Georgian streamed radio, and I could already make out basic words like "ghamardzhoba!" which is so exciting! Thanks again for your video that reignited my interest in the Caucasus!
@@JuLingo ARE GEORGIANS RELATED TO CHECHEN ITALIAN SPANISH ARMENIEN GREEK RUSSIAN PORTUGUESE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT I MEAN GENETICALLY NOT FROM LANGUAGE I MEAN SAME DNA WITH WHICH COUNTRIES? And what is kartvelian countrys or ingush country's?
@@Mahitoooo There is a possibility of a lot of Georgians getting mixed with other nationalities if that's what you mean. Chechens were very close to Georgia, getting in and out. I don't know about Italians but the Rome Empire got to Georgia as well. Greeks had colonies in Georgia, for example, Foti (a city here) back in the ancient times, used to be a Greek colony. Russian once took over Georgia and we also were in USSR (that's also why many people still use some Russian words while talking) and Armenia just formed very close, which also makes a possibility of Armenian-Georgian relations between people before. Shortly, because of the fact that Georgia was always a desirable land for every empire, leaves a lot of genetical mixtures, which means that most of the Georgians aren't 100% Georgians GENETICALLY. Well, it applies to most countries, not just Georgia. But, the roots still come from an ethnical group "caucasian", and that's what a Georgian's DNA mostly is. I hope my explanation was helpful!
Out of nowhere I just felt the need to know how Georgian language sounds. I didn't even know whether it had its own language. Tricky pronunciation, but I liked how it sounds. Greetings from Brazil.
