Languages
Georgian 71% (official), Mingrelian 12.2%, Azerbaijani 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, other 4.0% (including Russian, Abkhazian and Ossetian), Svan 0,6%
Note: Abkhaz is the official language in partially recognized state Abkhazia
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of Georgia (country)
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“No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.”
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“The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
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“The trouble with foreign languages is, you have to think before your speak.”
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