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Ingiloian
 
Kakhetian
 
Tianetian
 
Imeretian
 
Rachvelian
 
Lechkhumi
 
Gurian
 
Acharian
 
Imierkhevian
 
Kartlian
 
Samtskhian
 
Javakhetian
 
Tushetian
 
Mokhevian
 
Mtiuletian
 
Khevsuretian
 
Pshavian
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Northeast dialects

This group is spoken by the mountaineers in northeast Georgia.

  • Mokhevian (Moxevuri, მოხევური), spoken in Khevi
  • Mtiuletian-Gudamaq’rian (Mtiulur-Gudamaqʼruli, მთიულურ-გუდამაყრული) in Mtiuleti and Gudamaqari
  • Khevsurian (Xevsuruli, ხევსურული) in Khevsureti
  • Pshavian (Pšavuri, ფშავური) in Pshavi
  • Tushetian (Tušuri, თუშური) in Tusheti

Eastern dialects

Two of these dialects, Ingiloan and Fereidanian, are spoken outside Georgia, the former by the indigenous Georgians in northwest Azerbaijan, and the latter by the descendants of the 17th-century Georgian deportees in Iran.

  • Kakhetian (Kʼaxuri, კახური) in Kakheti
  • Ingiloan (Ingilouri, ინგილოური) in Saingilo (Azerbaijan)
  • Fereidanian (Pereidnuli, ფერეიდნული) in Fereydoon Shahr (Iran)
  • Tianetian (Tianeturi, თიანეთური) in Tianeti

Central dialects

The Central dialects, sometimes considered part of the Eastern group, are spoken in central and southern Georgia, and provide the basis for Standard Georgian language.

  • Kartlian (Kartluri, ქართლური) in Kartli
  • Javakhian (Javaxuri, ჯავახური) in Javakheti
  • Meskhian (Mesxuri, მესხური) in Meskheti

Southwest dialects

  • Gurian (Guruli, გურული) in Guria
  • Adjarian (Ačʼaruli, აჭარული) in Adjara
  • Imerkhevian (Imerxeuli, იმერხეული) in Imerkhevi (Turkey)

Northwest dialects

  • Imeretian (Imeruli, იმერული) in Imereti
  • Lechkhumian (Lečxumuri, ლეჩხუმური) in Lechkhumi
  • Rachan (Račʼuli, რაჭული) in Racha
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