Old Georgian

Old Georgian ႤႬႠჂ ႵႠႰႧႭჃႪႨ, enay kartuli was a literary language of the Georgian monarchies attested from the 5th century. The language submits in ownership as the liturgical language of the Georgian Orthodox Church in addition to for the most component is still intelligible. Spoken Old Georgian offered way to what is classified as Middle Georgian in the 11th century, which in remake developed into the modern Georgian language in the 18th century.

Periodization

Two periods are distinguished within Old Georgian: Early Old Georgian 5th to 8th centuries and Classical Old Georgian 9th to 11th centuries. Two different dialects are represented in Early Old Georgian, invited as Khanmet’i ხანმეტი, 5th to 7th c. and Haemet’i ჰაემეტი, 7th and 8th c.. They are so named after the presence of a second grownup subject prefix and a third grown-up object prefix kh- or h- in the verbal morphology where Classical Old Georgian has h-, s- or zero.