The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Georgian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Georgian phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Georgian.
Consonants
IPA
Georgian
Romanization
English approximation
b
ბ
b
b ash
ɡ
გ
g
g ate
d
დ
d
d o
v
ვ
v
v an
z
ზ
z
z oo
tʰ
თ
t'
t able
kʼ
კ
k
(ejective) [1]
l
ლ
l
l eaf
m
მ
m
m uch
n
ნ
n
n ot
pʼ
პ
p
(ejective) [1]
ʒ
ჟ
ž
visi on
r
რ
r
r oad
s
ს
s
s ue
tʼ
ტ
t
(ejective) [1]
pʰ
ფ
p'
p an
kʰ
ქ
k'
c an
ɣ
ღ
ḡ
French-like R
qʼ
ყ
q
(ejective) [1]
ʃ
შ
š
sh oe
tʃʰ
ჩ
č'
ch oose
tsʰ
ც
c'
ts unami
dz
ძ
j
pads
tsʼ
წ
c
(ejective) [1]
tʃʼ
ჭ
č
(ejective) [1]
x
ხ
x
Bach
dʒ
ჯ
ǰ
hedg e
h
ჰ
h
h ead
Notes
^ a b c d e f Ejective consonants , which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.