Gvprtskvni - how is this even a word, Georgian!?
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Published 2019-08-23
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~ Briefly ~
Starting from one clustery word, we'll go on a journey looking for the "root" of this record-breaking consonant phenomenon known as Georgian. We'll quickly pass over some of its standout characteristics, from its ejective sounds to its striking writing system, before we settle down into Georgian's atypical syllable structure.
Not only are its syllables long, they're full of sonority violations. This happens thanks to the language's morphology, particularly the way its verbs put pieces together. We'll end with a contrast between the clustered but relatively benign gvprtskvni-like verbs versus ones that look deceptively easier to say but have much trickier grammar.
~ Credits ~
Art, narration, animation and some of the music by Josh from NativLang
Sources for claims made, and credits for most of the music, fonts, sfx:
docs.google.com/document/d/1FiH7PeI-zXUbXQfqUxixzC…
Music:
See my doc above for song titles. Credit to these talented creators:
- Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
- Josh Woodward (joshwoodward.com)
- Jason Shaw (audionautix.com)
All Comments (21)
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the Georgian script is so freaking beautiful. Looks like it's straight from Lord of the Rings
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"Georgians will proudly tell you that their words are pronounced exactly as written" for sure.
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In Georgia they don't rap, they beatbox
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I am Romanian and i remember oncd listening to a Georgian religious song with lyrics and i would ve nerve thought humans can produce such complex sounds like Georgian has. Love from Romania to our Georgian brothers!
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Yeah, Georgian language is really hard, even our president can't speak it well...
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“it’s not gibberish, it’s Georgian” would be a great motto for the Georgian language.
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Georgian is a unique language, not because of consonants, but because you can say things so shortly that only in Georgian you can say them in one word or so shortly. For example: “Momitandnen” - They would have brought it to me. You can even say “Shemomitandnen” - They would have brought it it inside, to me, “Shemogvitandnen” - They would have brought it inside, to us. “Gaitandnen” - They would have brought it outside; “Gautandnen” - They would have brought it outside to him/her. And so on… So what you can say in Georgian in just one word, forces other languages to write texts and even put commas in them.
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I googled " Is georgian difficult to learn " , google said " No, it's not hard to learn . IT IS EXTREMELY HARD ! "
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Polish: "I have the most unpronouncable words, like 'źdźbło' and 'szczęście'!" Georgian: "Hold my chacha"
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OMG FINALLY GEORGIA GETS SOME ATTENTION DONT MIND ME JUST CRYING IN THE CORNER
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Rocket scientists be like: C'mon guys it's not basics of Georgian grammar!
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my cat: walking over my keyboard some random Georgian fellow: "hey, that's racist!" me: 👁👄👁
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Say what you want about the words, but you can't deny that their alphabet is frickin' beautiful.
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"Maybe your crush is Georgian" Me: glances at photo of Stalin in heart-shaped frame
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The worst thing of all is that in Georgia itself there are regions where they have their own languages. Georgian is a language for all ethnic groups in Georgia, but the ethnic groups among themselves have their own language. Svanuri or Megruli are completely separate languages with their own pronunciation and vocabulary. I myself come from Svaneti and my parents speak both Svanuri and Georgian. And it's like speaking two foreign languages. Have fun😂😂😂😂😂
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Fun fact. - Dagvaprtskvevine - could mean 1) "u forced us to peel it" and at the same time it can mean 2) "[please] let us peel it" 🙄🎃 and at the same time it could mean 3) "you helped us to peel it"
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A Georgian goes to the optometrist. The optometrist sits the Georgian, shows him a chain of random consonants and asks him: "Can you read this?" The Georgian says "What do you mean I can read this? I know the guy!"
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When the world was being created, God designed a perfect landscape of mountains and rivers, farmland and towns. Then he added the best of music and wine. The angels protested, 'What have you done, Lord? Everyone will want to live there, and there isn't enough room!'. God replied, 'Wait until you hear the language I have created for them. That should limit the applicants'.
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I’ve never even thought of learning Georgian but now I really want to.
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japanese person: ugh japanese is the hardest language🙄 georgian person: hold my baje 💕love from georgia💕
