Kartvelian
✎ EditKartvelian languages belong to the Eurasian superfamily :
Kartvelian languages belong to the Caucasian loanword sphere
Kartvelian belong to CHG which contributed 50% to Yamnaya ancestry and is today linked to PIE languages.
Kurd ≈ Kart- “Georgian” in SaKartvelo = Қырҭтәыла Kərttʷʼəla < Kartlos, grandson of Japheth Kartvelebi ქართველები ‘Kartvelians’ in the Umm Leisun inscription of Jerusalem ~5th century.
Georgian Pronouns
| Person | Suffix | Kartvelian | Dependent | Cognates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st s. | 𓇋 I | me | 𓅱 | I,je,ich,we,wo,𓅱,me,my |
| 2nd s.m. | 𓎡 c | shen | 𓏏𓍢 thə | thou,tu,Du,Dein,Sie,Seine Hoheit,sen |
| 2nd s.f. | 𓏏 th | shen | 𓏏𓈖 th.n | ta,tien,Deine |
| 3rd s.m. | 𓆑 phs | es | 𓇓𓍢 su | phs,son,sein,su,es,is,his |
| 3rd s.f. | 𓋴 s | es,eg | 𓋴,Γ | she, sie, es (soft Γamma as gym) |
| 1st p. | 𓈖𓏪 νn | chven | 𓈖𓏤𓏤𓏤 νn | nu𓍢,nous,uns,on |
| 2nd p. | 𓏏𓈖𓏪 tνn | tkven | 𓏏𓈖𓏤𓏤𓏤 t’n𓏤𓏤𓏤 | ton,thine |
| 3rd p. | 𓋴𓈖𓏪 sνn | eseni | 𓋴𓈖𓏤𓏤𓏤 s’n𓏤𓏤𓏤 | semn∼them (their) |
note the second person 𓏏𓎡𓈖𓏪 tkven!
This perfectly capsules the alternating Egyptian orthography between 𓏏&𓎡 t&k 𐌶𐍅&𐌲𐌵!!
𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐍂 >Euch,Euer
𓏏𓍿 as th/c is forgivably cose to ‘sh’
reading 𓈖 as νn : ν greek is n latin (victor⇔niktor) also 𓈖 is the genetive *gvn: von
Numbers
1) ert-i erste first 𓌠
2) zur-i zweite second 𓌟 ⇔ keras
3) sam-i 𓐍𓂸𓏏 Ϣomte@COPT 三 sān 𐎘𐎍𐎘 ⇔ Shamash
4) woitxw fourth 𓏃 𒈾
5) (wo)xuid (五wǔ)𓂧𓇋𓏏 1+𓏃=𓏅 ?
6) `ekvs-i sechse 𓋴𓇋𓋴 sis hexa
7) svid-i seven siebente 𓋴𓆑𓎛𓅱
8) ara achte eight 𓎛(𓏠𓈖𓅱) 八bānara 𓃹𓏌𓊖=𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏌𓊖
9) pcxar-a 𓊪𓋴𓆓? பத்து-1 ?
10) vit-i ? 𓎆𓏏 ?
100) aSir ⇔ Asur
compare 4,5 with
семь (“syem”)
восемь (“vo-syem”)
Old double system: x, wo+x = one±x
Kartvelian has some connections to Anatolian and Turk languages.
Kartvelian has very remote Eurasian connections to Tamil numbers :
1 one (onnu) ஒன்று one
2 two (இendu) இரண்டு second / ir 儿 二 èr
3 three (moonu) மூன்று man 𓐍𓏠 (3rd person) 3 moons ☾☾☾ Ϣomte some 𒐗vs𒈫 門门thir vs door鬥
4 four (naalu) நான்கு ? 𒈾𓈖 naul 八 bānara=8 24 𓏌 𓊖 arba
5 five (anJu) ஐந்து panj 𓂬 (5) vs 𓂧𓇋𓏏 (5)
6 six (Aaru) ஆறு ?
7 seven (yElu) ஏழு ?
8 eight (ettu) எட்டு octo
9 nine (onbathun) ஒன்பது 1 to 10 / 1 不 10 / 1 + 8 八bā
10 ten (pathun) பத்து 𓊪thun ten 𓎆𓏏 ⇔ vit-i 𓂘 pfoten / 10 Zehen 𓍿
9 + 10 pair :
девять dyev-yat
десять dyes-yat
ber (son rare/archaic) < puer, bichi (lad, young man) may be borrowed
| 𓅓 𓄡 𓏏 𓏲 𓈓 | intestines | მჭუ mç̌u matsu@Aromanian <> Darm 𓏏 𓄡 𓅓 𓏲 𓈓 reverse |