The three Georgian scripts

Georgian writing evolved through three historical forms — Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Their living coexistence is on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

Georgian writing exists in three historical forms. The oldest is Asomtavruli (rounded capital letters), known from inscriptions of the 5th century.

In the 9th–10th centuries Nuskhuri, a lowercase ecclesiastical hand, took shape; together with the Asomtavruli capitals it forms «Khutsuri» (church script).

From the 11th century Mkhedruli («military», secular) developed — the modern 33-letter Georgian alphabet. The living coexistence of all three systems was inscribed by UNESCO on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list (2016).

Modern Georgian has 33 letters; the tables below also include several archaic letters (ჱ, ჲ, ჳ, ჵ) no longer in everyday use.