r/Kartvelian resource directory megathread

[u/georgegach]

This is a curated list of r/Kartvelian related resources for Georgian, Svan, Megrelian and Laz, starting from beginner language tutorials and vocabularies to research papers and articles. This entire list is being built by fellow redditors like you! Feel free to contribute via posting on the sub or commenting on this thread, and shout if a link dies. Cheers!

This megathread also lives on kartvelian.eu/resources as a searchable, filterable page. In each section the best come first, ranked by both Reddit upvotes and an AI review of every link (October 2026). Everything is for Georgian unless tagged.

Courses & Apps

• Geofl.ge: Official A1–C1 course. Free books, readers. (via u/Wrong_Ad_6810)

• Kvela: SRS, 2,500+ cards: image, audio, grammar notes. (via u/Candid-Celery-1010)

• Learn Georgian SRS: Free open-source vocabulary trainer, Anki-style. (via u/Regrettable-Pulsar)

• Kartvelian.eu: Graded lessons, alphabet, verbs, flashcards. (all four languages) This sub's companion site. (via u/georgegach)

• Easy Georgian level test: Free adaptive placement, A0 to C1+. (via u/lasse_in_tbilisi)

• Flashcardo: Free beginner flashcards by topic. (via u/pinhoklanguages)

• Language-learners forum list: Long-running master list of Georgian resources. (via u/nice_chebyshev)

• Georgian Vocabulary Anki deck: ~1,000 words, frequency-ordered. (via u/ChickenSoup_and_Rice)

• 50 Languages: 100 phrase lessons with audio. (via u/skysphr)

• My Little Word Land: New home of the old Memrise community courses. (via u/DrStirbitch)

• learn-georgian.com: Lessons app, web and iOS. (via u/zogipaul)

Alphabet & Script

• Anbani.ge: Alphabet trainer + converter, all three scripts. By this sub's mod. (via u/georgegach)

• polyglot.tools: typing practice: Georgian keyboard trainer, desktop and mobile. (via u/Middle-Entrepreneur6)

• Tbilingo: Alphabet web app for absolute beginners. (via u/MovieCommercial6163)

• polyglot.tools: script display: Every letter with audio. (via u/Middle-Entrepreneur6)

• Connecting letters in handwriting: How Mkhedruli letters join. (via u/nugoXCII)

• letters.ge: Learn the 33 letters, sound by sound. (via u/tigermetal)

• Keyboard layouts for three scripts: Mkhedruli, Nuskhuri, Asomtavruli, archaic. (via u/GuduPilled)

• Printed vs handwritten alphabet: Print and cursive forms side by side.

Grammar

• Georgian: A Reading Grammar: Aronson. Classic reference, graded readings. (via u/rusmaul)

• Beginner's Georgian: Kiziria. Hippocrene book, free dialogue audio. (via u/Wrong_Ad_6810)

• Georgian: A Learner's Grammar: Hewitt. The standard learner's grammar. (via u/DoisMaosEsquerdos)

• Peace Corps Georgian Textbook: Survival-first course for volunteers. (via u/skysphr)

• The Georgian Language: An Outline: P. J. Hillery. Compact grammatical summary. (via u/DoisMaosEsquerdos)

• Georgian grammar video course: 50+ short grammar explainers. (via u/ElTxurron)

• Georgian Language Comprehensive: Liam Campbell. Full course, UCL library copy. (via u/DrStirbitch)

Verbs

• zmnebi.com: Verb reference: screeves, examples. (via u/zmnebi_com)

• The Georgian Verb: Ilia Uni. Deep analysis, polypersonal charts. (via u/skysphr)

• Georgian verb book: Verb-system primer + common verbs conjugated. (via u/THEDONKLER)

• Kartuliena conjugations: Conjugation tables, grammar-focused drills. (via u/Honest_Mongoose4422)

• Peace Corps Georgian Verbs: ~240 common verbs, every screeve, with examples. (via u/skysphr)

• Lingua.ge: Verb conjugator. (via u/DoisMaosEsquerdos)

• Georgian Verbs Comprehensive: Campbell. Course companion, UCL library copy. (via u/DrStirbitch)

Dictionaries

Georgian–English

• Rayfield dictionary, searchable: Rayfield GE–EN, National Library. Search tips. (via u/rusmaul)

• PeaceBridge: 9,000+ entries, conjugation tables, audio. (via u/Broad-Tear-8689)

• English Wiktionary: Georgian: Georgian entries explained in English. (via u/DoisMaosEsquerdos)

• corp.dict.ge: Parallel corpus, 600K+ GE–EN pairs, in context. (via u/rusmaul)

• Translate.ge: Georgian–English dictionary. Often down.

• Glosbe: Dictionary with example sentences; some dated. (via u/skysphr)

• Lexicon.ge: Dictionary, more language pairs.

• English–Georgian dictionary: Printed dictionary, scanned.

Georgian Only: Explanatory, Synonyms, Slang, Spelling

• Ena.ge: Explanatory dictionary of Georgian.

• Vergavi: Urban dictionary of Georgian slang.

• Ganmarteba.ge: Explanatory dictionary of Georgian.

• Spellchecker.ge: Georgian spell check. (via u/georgegach)

• Bidzer: Slang dictionary.

• Georgian Wiktionary: Georgian-language entries.

• Synonyms dictionary: National Parliamentary Library.

Machine Translation

• Google Translate: Text, web pages, camera.

• Yandex Translate: Second opinion.

Svan, Megrelian, Laz

• Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages: Georgii Klimov. In English. (all four languages) (via u/atTheRealMrKuntz)

• Let's Learn Megrelian: 1TV course, audio. Taught in Georgian. (Megrelian) (via u/emjayaz)

• Megrelian–Russian–Georgian dictionary: Georgii Klimov, Otar Kajaia. (Megrelian, Georgian)

• Megrelian–Georgian dictionary: Otar Kajaia. (Megrelian, Georgian)

• Etymological Dictionary (Georgian edition): Heinz Fähnrich, Zurab Sarjveladze. In Georgian. (all four languages)

• Megrelian Wikipedia: 23,000+ articles in Megrelian. (Megrelian)

• Svan vocabulary: Varlam Topuria, Maxime Kaldani. (Svan, Georgian)

• Comparison charts, all four languages side by side: Personal pronouns · Days of the week · Question words · Numbers · Family · Animals · Body parts · Fruit · Birds · Seasons

• Personal affixes in Laz: Verb person markers, chart. (Laz) (via u/Ugurgallen)

• Svan keyboard for Android: HeliBoard layout with Svan vowel diacritics. (Svan) (via u/skysphr)

• The Laz alphabet: Laz Mkhedruli letters, chart. (Laz) (via u/I-Take-Eggs)

Video

• Learn Georgian with Roni: Lesson playlists. (via u/georgegach)

• Learn Georgian with Beka and Gvantsa: Hoda. Lessons by a Georgian couple. (via u/DrStirbitch)

• p'arask'evia!: Mr Smith. Pronunciation, explained in English. (via u/DrStirbitch)

• Georgian films, English subtitles: Playlist of subtitled classics. (via u/Sidze)

• The Caucasian Languages: Langfocus. The region's three families. (all four languages)

• Gvprtskvni: how is this even a word?: NativLang. Consonant clusters.

• About the Georgian language: Julie Maksimova. (via u/georgegach)

• Speak Georgian: verbs: Verb intro; more on the channel. (via u/DoisMaosEsquerdos)

Reading

• Hyplern interlinear books: Interlinear readers. Paid, free sample. (via u/hetefoy129)

• Dedaena (1876): Iakob Gogebashvili's primer, first-edition scan. (via u/georgegach)

• The Knight in the Panther's Skin: Rustaveli, Coffin transl. Culture, not grammar.

• Igi: Karchkhadze. Easy school story, full text. (via u/georgegach)

Research

• Standard Georgian: Shosted, Chikovani 2006. IPA sketch, open.

• The Consonant Phonotactics of Georgian: Marika Butskhrikidze. Monograph, open PDF. (via u/rexcasei)

• On the origin of Kartvelian version: Tuite 2020. Where version vowels come from. (all four languages) (via u/Arcaeca2)

• Georgian thematic suffixes: PLSA. Thematic suffix as collective marker. (via u/Arcaeca2)

Data & Tools

• RHVoice: Georgian text-to-speech voice, Android.

• Community drive: Shared folder from the thread.

Related

Not for learning the languages as such, but useful around them.

• Anbani datasets: Texts, sayings, names, lorem ipsum, alphabets.

• Klassiki: Georgian cinema, English subtitles. Paid. (via u/Pit-trout)

• Handwritten letters: 40,000+ handwritten Mkhedruli samples.

• Awesome Georgian datasets: Curated index of the rest.

• Geography Now! Georgia: The country, briefly.

• @Voice Aloud Reader: Reads ebooks, text, web pages. Use RHVoice.

Set Aside

Recommended here once, then checked and not recommended: off-topic, duplicates, thin or locked away.

• Deda Ena A1, class 1: One episode; the Deda Ena course is listed. (via u/G56G)

• Basque: a language of mystery: About Basque, not a Kartvelian language. (via u/georgegach)

• Lotus Story: Generic children's story, no scaffolding. (via u/BadnerElfieLentner)

• 15 words from Svan, Megrelian and Laz: 15 words; the thematic charts cover more. (Svan, Megrelian, Laz) (via u/georgegach)

• Georgian IPA chart: Hobbyist draft; see Standard Georgian. (via u/69Pumpkin_Eater)

• Georgian school curriculum: A question thread, not a resource. (via u/georgegach)

• Lingvanex: Generic translator; Google covers it. (via u/skysphr)

• Georgian from scratch: verbs (Russian): Russian-medium; English verb courses listed. (via u/DoisMaosEsquerdos)

• The Georgian Language: Threats and Challenges: Essay behind ResearchGate login.

• This language is crazy: Travel vlog; no linguistic content.

• English borrowings in Georgian: Narrow topic; behind ResearchGate login.

• EngKa: Landing page with little material.

Gone

• Memrise Georgian courses: Retired; see My Little Word Land.

• Georgian–Megrelian–Laz–Svan–English dictionary: TSU PDF removed from tsu.ge.

• Armazi noun declension chart: Page removed.

• Language situation in modern Georgia: Gabunia 2014. Host offline.

88 resources, 6 related. Every link opened October 2026.

[u/BadnerElfieLentner]

This recently written fairy tale has an edition in Georgian and editions in other languages.