The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language:
Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and
Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, all three are unicase, their letters share the same names
and
alphabetical order, and are written horizontally from left to right. Of the three scripts, Mkhedruli, once the
civilian
royal script of the Kingdom of Georgia and mostly used for the royal charters, is now the standard script for
modern
Georgian and its related Kartvelian languages, whereas Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri are used only by the Georgian
Orthodox
Church, in ceremonial religious texts and iconography.
Asomtavruli - (Georgian: ასომთავრული; Georgian pronunciation: [ɑsɔmtʰɑvruli]) is the oldest
Georgian script. The name Asomtavruli
means "capital letters", from aso (ასო) "letter" and mtavari (მთავარი) "principal/head".
Nuskhuri - (Georgian: ნუსხური; Georgian pronunciation: [nusxuri]) is the second Georgian script.
The name nuskhuri comes from
nuskha (ნუსხა), meaning "inventory" or "schedule".
Mkhedruli- (Georgian: მხედრული; Georgian pronunciation: [mxɛdruli]) is the third and current
Georgian script. Mkhedruli, literally
meaning "cavalry" or "military", derives from mkhedari (მხედარი) meaning "horseman".
The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language:
Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and
Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, all three are unicase, their letters share the same names
and
alphabetical order, and are written horizontally from left to right. Of the three scripts, Mkhedruli, once the
civilian
royal script of the Kingdom of Georgia and mostly used for the royal charters, is now the standard script for
modern
Georgian and its related Kartvelian languages, whereas Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri are used only by the Georgian
Orthodox
Church, in ceremonial religious texts and iconography.
