Georgian Alphabet Transcript

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.

Georgian letters and transcript

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

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