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Georgian
Georgian;
	damts'erloba "script" in Mkhedruli
Script type	Alphabet
Time period	430 AD – present
Languages	Georgian (originally) and other Kartvelian languages
Related scripts
Parent systems	Modelled on Greek Georgian;
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Geor (240), Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli) – Georgian (Mkhedruli) ; Geok, 241 – Khutsuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri)
Unicode
Unicode alias	Georgian
Unicode range	U+10A0–U+10FF Georgian; U+2D00–U+2D2F Georgian Supplement; U+1C90–U+1CBF Georgian Extended;
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The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, all three are unicase, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order, and are written horizontally from left to right. Of the three scripts, Mkhedruli, once the civilian royal script of the Kingdom of Georgia and mostly used for the royal charters, is now the standard script for modern Georgian and its related Kartvelian languages, whereas Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri are used only by the Georgian Orthodox Church, in ceremonial religious texts and iconography.

^ Oldest found Georgian inscription so far. Exact date of introduction is unclear.