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Read all 33 Mkhedruli letters, hear voiced, aspirated and ejective consonants, and recognise the Mtavruli style on everyday headings and signs.

Learn to read Georgian in 30 short units.

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Module 1

Before your first Georgian word

Meet Mkhedruli, its consonant contrasts and regular spelling.

  1. 01

    How Georgian writing works

    Recognise an alphabet without ordinary case changes.

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    ~3 min
  2. 02

    Three living writing traditions

    Distinguish the modern script from its historical relatives.

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    ~3 min
  3. 03

    Hear the three consonant series

    Listen to voiced, aspirated and ejective syllables.

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    ~3 min
  4. 04

    Read what is written

    Expect complete vowels, consonant clusters and weak stress.

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    ~3 min
Module 2

First sounds and signs

Hear the central contrast and read your first regular words.

  1. 05

    Hear the puff and the ejective release

    Compare aspirated, ejective and voiced syllables before script recall.

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    ~ min
  2. 06

    ა, ე, ი, მ and ლ

    Read five letters in father, fox, llama and pipe.

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    ~8 min
  3. 07

    ო, უ and ნ

    Complete the five vowels and read lion, glass and zero.

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    ~6 min
  4. 08

    რ, ს and ვ

    Read r, s and v in two, three, donkey and boat.

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    ~7 min
  5. 09

    Review: your first Georgian words

    Read familiar shapes without sound support.

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    ~7 min
Module 3

Complete the consonant series

Hear every series before retrieving its letter shapes.

  1. 10

    ბ, ფ and პ

    Hear voiced b, aspirated p and ejective p in real words.

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    ~9 min
  2. 11

    დ, თ and ტ

    Read voiced d, aspirated t and ejective t.

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    ~7 min
  3. 12

    გ, ქ and კ

    Read voiced g, aspirated k and ejective k.

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    ~8 min
  4. 13

    Review: b/p, d/t and g/k families

    Mix three consonant families without losing their contrasts.

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    ~8 min
  5. 14

    ძ, ც and წ

    Hear voiced dz, aspirated ts and ejective ts.

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    ~7 min
  6. 15

    ჯ, ჩ and ჭ

    Hear voiced j, aspirated ch and ejective ch.

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    ~8 min
  7. 16

    ყ, ხ and ღ

    Separate the uvular ejective from voiceless and voiced friction.

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    ~7 min
  8. 17

    ზ, ჟ, შ and ჰ

    Finish the alphabet with z, zh, sh and h.

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    ~8 min
  9. 18

    Review: all 33 Georgian letters

    Read the full alphabet in familiar words and clusters.

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    ~7 min
Module 4

How Georgian words fit together

Read consonant clusters without inventing vowels.

  1. 19

    Read every consonant, add no vowel

    Count and join consonants before the first vowel.

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    ~8 min
  2. 20

    Read words, then a short line

    Use spaces while keeping every written vowel.

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    ~5 min
Module 5

Complete the print toolkit

Recognise Mtavruli and a second typeface.

  1. 21

    Recognise the Mtavruli heading style

    Match known words across two encoded print forms.

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    ~6 min
  2. 22

    The same word in another typeface

    Recognise a familiar word through changes in stroke and shape.

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    ~6 min
  3. 23

    Digits, punctuation and typing

    Read familiar numbers and the Georgian lari sign.

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    ~5 min
Module 6

Read around Georgia

Read places, signs, a menu and the opening A1 scene.

  1. 24

    Names and places without initial capitals

    Read names in ordinary Mkhedruli.

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    ~5 min
  2. 25

    Read everyday signs

    Recognise entrance, exit and pharmacy in ordinary and heading print.

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    ~7 min
  3. 26

    Read a café menu

    Find coffee, tea, water and bread with lari prices.

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    ~7 min
  4. 27

    Order and read the reply

    Read the exact lines of a short café exchange.

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    ~5 min
  5. 28

    The key, the house and Fiso

    Read the words of the first Georgian A1 scene.

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    ~7 min
Module 7

Check and return

Decode fresh Georgian print independently.

  1. 29

    Your independent Georgian reading check

    Read fresh words, a heading and a new message without cues.

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    ~ min
  2. 30

    Return tomorrow

    Read new words after a day away, then enter A1.

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    Optional · ~5 min
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