#mokhevian

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Tender Moments, Vibrant Plants, and Georgian Culture Adorn the Tbilisi Streets for the Annual Mural Fest

“Mokhevian” by Gera 1

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Sergi Makalatia - Mokhevian Woman, Georgia, 1928

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'Mokhevian' by Greek Gera1 (@gera1__) for Mural Fest 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia #gera1 #lamolinastreetart | photo via festival mysl.nl/peYS

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Streetart – Gera 1 @ Tbilisi, Georgia

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Languages of the world

Georgian (ქართული ენა)

Basic facts

Number of native speakers: 3.7 million

Official language: Georgia

Also spoken: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Script: Mkhedruli, 33 letters

Grammatical cases: 7

Linguistic typology: agglutinative, SOV

Language family: Kartvelian, Karto-Zan

Number of dialects: 5 main groups

History

430 - first written evidence

9th century - the Asomtavruli alphabet is replaced by the Nuskhuri one

11th century-13th century - development of the Mkhedruli script

1629 - first printed material in Mkhedruli

Writing system and pronunciation

These are the letters that make up the script: ა ბ გ დ ე ვ ზ თ ი კ ლ მ ნ ო პ ჟ რ ს ტ უ ფ ქ ღ ყ შ ჩ ც ძ წ ჭ ხ ჯ ჰ.

Georgian has a very large consonant inventory. There may be up to six consecutive consonants at the beginning of words.

Grammar

Nouns have two numbers (singular and plural) and seven cases (nominative, ergative, accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, adverbial, and vocative).

Pronouns are also marked for case. An i- may be added to them to express directionality.

Verbs are conjugated for tense, mood, aspect, person, and number. They are classified into screeves, each of which represents tense, aspect, and mood.

Dialects

There are five main dialect groups: Northwest, Southwest, Central, Northeast, and Eastern. Northwest dialects include Imeretian, Lechkhumian, and Rachan. Southwest dialects comprise Gurian, Adjarian, and Imerkhevian. The Central group is made up of Kartlian, Meskhian, and Javakhian. Northeast dialects are Mokhevian, Mtiuletian-Gudamaqrian, Khevsurian, Pshavian, and Tushetian. Eastern dialects include Kahkhetian, Tianetian, Ingiloan, and Fereydanian.

Central Georgian dialects are the basis for Standard Georgian.

[kpellinore]

So YouTube is apparently learning what I’m interested in (which is a very broad area, so well done, YouTube!). It suggested this to me tonight, and it is so great! Visually, musically, and culturally. I had to hang on a moment and resist the urge to be overwhelmed by the fact that these gorgeous women start the video by singing “Da diddle dee dee diddle dee da” which I though only Irish drinking songs every said! But am I ever glad I hung on a moment because I really loved the video. It’s like a lovely little film. 

I believe the instrument the beautiful singer is playing is a panduri - a three-stringed traditional instrument (in the lute family) from Georgia. 

There was what seemed a very useful YouTube comment about the plot and words - I can’t speak to its accuracy but for what it is worth, it seemed very interesting, and I will quote it after the cut.

“Mtielebi (translates as highlanders. mtieli is a singular form)  is a collective name of people who live in highlands. This includes Mokhevians, Pshavelians, Tushetians and others.  The name of song is The Game of highlanders. I'll try to give a rough translation of the lyrics. So, basically this song is a medley. In the first part, a woman asks a shepherd: Are you not tired of being in mountains, do you not miss the valley? Do you not miss a caress of a beautiful woman, or talking to her? The guy replies that he's not bored of mountains and that for a shepherd, who stands on Borbalo (it's a mountain) caress of a woman is a wind. The second part at 1:51 : the mokhevian woman, Tina, why are you still single as most girls of your age have already got married? Long hair and black eyes suit The mokhevian woman. The third part at 2:54 (repeats 3 times): I've been watching you from Bakhtrioni (it's a fortress) , a beautiful Tushetian woman”

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Mokhevian Woman

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Mokhevian Woman

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Winter Mokhevian Dress, Georgia

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Mokhevian Dress, Georgia