Georgian Alphabet Transcript
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This is a simple learning transcript for Georgian letters. The goal is to make pronunciation easier to read.

For example a dog in Georgian is ძაღლი, which is pronounced dzaghli.

- Georgian: ძაღლი [dz-a-gh-l-i]

Some Georgian letters are written with an apostrophe or with two Latin letters because they represent sounds that do not exist as single letters in English.

.. list-table:: Georgian letters and transcript
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   * - Georgian
     - Transcript
     - Notes
   * - ა
     - a
     - basic vowel
   * - ბ
     - b
     - basic consonant
   * - გ
     - g
     - hard g, like in "go"
   * - დ
     - d
     - basic consonant
   * - ე
     - e
     - basic vowel
   * - ვ
     - v
     - like English v
   * - ზ
     - z
     - like English z
   * - თ
     - t'
     - apostrophe marks a stronger /t/ sound
   * - ი
     - i
     - like English ee
   * - კ
     - k
     - hard k
   * - ლ
     - l
     - clear l sound
   * - მ
     - m
     - like English m
   * - ნ
     - n
     - like English n
   * - ო
     - o
     - basic vowel
   * - პ
     - p
     - like English p
   * - ჟ
     - zh
     - like "s" in "measure"
   * - რ
     - r
     - rolled r
   * - ს
     - s
     - like English s
   * - ტ
     - t
     - basic t sound
   * - უ
     - u
     - like English oo
   * - ფ
     - p'
     - apostrophe marks a stronger /p/ sound
   * - ქ
     - k'
     - strong k sound
   * - ყ
     - q
     - special Georgian sound
   * - შ
     - sh
     - like "sh" in "ship"
   * - ჩ
     - ch
     - like "ch" in "chair"
   * - ც
     - ts
     - like "ts" in "cats"
   * - ძ
     - dz
     - like "ds" in "kids"
   * - წ
     - ts'
     - stronger ts sound
   * - ჭ
     - ch'
     - stronger ch sound
   * - ხ
     - kh
     - rougher h-like sound
   * - ჯ
     - j
     - like English j in "jam"
   * - ჰ
     - h
     - like English h

.. rubric:: Quick reminder

Common two-letter or apostrophe forms in the transcript:

- sh = შ
- ch = ჩ
- ts = ც
- dz = ძ
- kh = ხ
- j = ჯ
- t' = თ
- p' = ფ
- k' = ქ
- ts' = წ
- ch' = ჭ