Old Georgian language
E206097
Old Georgian is the earliest attested stage of the Georgian language, used in medieval religious, literary, and historical texts and written in distinctive early Georgian scripts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Georgian language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1846860 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Georgian language Context triple: [Asomtavruli, usedForLanguage, Old Georgian language]
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A.
Gothic language
The Gothic language is an extinct East Germanic language once spoken by the Goths, known primarily from a 4th-century Bible translation and crucial for reconstructing early Germanic linguistics.
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B.
Old English
Old English is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken and written in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.
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C.
Old Irish
Old Irish is the earliest recorded form of the Goidelic Celtic languages, historically spoken in Ireland and parts of Scotland between roughly the 6th and 10th centuries.
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D.
English Gothic
English Gothic is a style of medieval architecture in England characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and large stained-glass windows, evolving through Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular phases.
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E.
Old Saxon
Old Saxon is an early West Germanic language spoken by the Saxons in what is now northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, best known from texts like the biblical poem Heliand and as an ancestor of Low German.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Georgian language Target entity description: Old Georgian is the earliest attested stage of the Georgian language, used in medieval religious, literary, and historical texts and written in distinctive early Georgian scripts.
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A.
Gothic language
The Gothic language is an extinct East Germanic language once spoken by the Goths, known primarily from a 4th-century Bible translation and crucial for reconstructing early Germanic linguistics.
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B.
Old English
Old English is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken and written in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.
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C.
Old Irish
Old Irish is the earliest recorded form of the Goidelic Celtic languages, historically spoken in Ireland and parts of Scotland between roughly the 6th and 10th centuries.
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D.
English Gothic
English Gothic is a style of medieval architecture in England characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and large stained-glass windows, evolving through Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular phases.
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E.
Old Saxon
Old Saxon is an early West Germanic language spoken by the Saxons in what is now northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, best known from texts like the biblical poem Heliand and as an ancestor of Low German.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language
ⓘ
language ⓘ stage of the Georgian language ⓘ |
| chronology | early medieval period ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Middle Georgian language
ⓘ
Modern Georgian language ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right writing ⓘ |
| earliestAttestation | 5th century ⓘ |
| floruit | 5th to 11th centuries ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Georgian language
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Georgian
Middle Georgian language ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verb morphology
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ergative alignment in some screeves ⓘ lack of grammatical gender ⓘ polypersonal verbal agreement ⓘ rich case system ⓘ screeve-based verbal system ⓘ |
| influenced |
Georgian Orthodox Church liturgical language
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later Georgian literary tradition ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | oge ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Kartvelian languages ⓘ |
| notableCorpus |
Martyrdoms of the Saints (hagiographic texts)
ⓘ
Old Georgian Bible translations ⓘ |
| partOf | Georgian language ⓘ |
| precededBy | Pre-Old Georgian (unattested) ⓘ |
| primaryTerritory |
Eastern Georgia
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surface form:
eastern Georgia
|
| region |
Caucasus
ⓘ
Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli)
|
| religiousFunction | language of Christian scripture in Georgia ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Georgian scripts ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic script ⓘ |
| standardFormOf | literary Georgian of the early medieval period ⓘ |
| status |
liturgical and scholarly use only
ⓘ
no longer spoken natively ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Kartvelian language ⓘ |
| usageContext |
biblical translations
ⓘ
hagiographic literature ⓘ historical chronicles ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ legal documents ⓘ liturgical texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedBy | Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Georgian kingdoms
ⓘ
surface form:
medieval Georgia
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| writingMaterial |
parchment manuscripts
ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Georgian script
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surface form:
Asomtavruli script
Nuskhuri script ⓘ early Georgian scripts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Georgian language Description of subject: Old Georgian is the earliest attested stage of the Georgian language, used in medieval religious, literary, and historical texts and written in distinctive early Georgian scripts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.