Learn the Georgian Alphabet — Free Interactive Tool | EasyGeorgian

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Learn to read Georgian in an afternoon

All 33 letters in ten short levels. You start by finding Georgian letters hidden in words you already know, and by level 3 you are reading real Tbilisi street signs. Native audio on every word.

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One to two hours in total. Your progress saves in this browser.

The tool · 10 levels

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Prefer to sit back and watch?

The same method exists as a 56-minute video: letters hidden in English sentences, then real words, then street signs, until you can read. One evening, one video, done. It is free in the EasyGeorgian app for anyone who signs up.

The 33 letters, with sound

The full alphabet for reference. Tap any letter to hear it. Use it to play with the sounds, not as a chart to memorize, the tool above exists precisely so you never have to drill this grid.

Tap any letter to hear it.

Why this works when the chart method fails

The classic mistake is printing all 33 letters in alphabetical order and memorizing them as a list. The brain is bad at long sequences of unfamiliar shapes with no meaning attached. Most people get a third of the way through, get tired, and remember six letters two weeks later.

Shapes stick when they are attached to meaning. So the tool never shows you a letter without a word around it: first hidden inside English words you can already read, then in real Georgian words you decode yourself, then on actual shop signs from the streets of Tbilisi. Each level adds three or four letters and immediately puts them to work, and the ear-training rounds make sure the sound goes in with the shape.

One honest warning: the popped consonants and the throaty q' take months to pronounce well, and that is fine. Recognize them, know which ones they are, and move on. Reading unlocks everything else, pronunciation locks in later, over the audio course. The alphabet is the doormat at the entrance of Georgian, not the mountain.

Common questions

How long does it take to learn the Georgian alphabet?

An afternoon, if you do it right. Mkhedruli is 33 letters, no capitals, fully phonetic. The tool takes one to two hours across ten short levels, and you can split it over a few sittings. Your progress saves in your browser.

Do I need an account?

No. Everything on this page is free and needs no account. If you would rather learn from a video, the 56-minute alphabet video in the EasyGeorgian app is free too, it just needs a signup.

Why are the letters not taught in alphabetical order?

Because alphabetical order is the slowest possible way to learn a script. We start with the letters that unlock the most real words, so you are reading actual Georgian from level 1 and full street signs by level 3.

What about the hard letters, like q' and the popped consonants?

They come late, and the goal at this stage is recognition, not perfection. The ejective consonants (k', p', t', ts', ch') and q' take time to pronounce well, and they lock in over the audio course. Do not let five letters keep you on the alphabet for weeks.

Are there capital letters in Georgian?

No. There is a rare uppercase form called Mtavruli used on some signs and headlines, but it is not a case system you have to learn. One shape per letter is enough to read everything.

Street-sign photos taken in Tbilisi by the EasyGeorgian team. Word audio comes from the EasyGeorgian course decks.

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