The Laz or Lazuri language is a Kartvelian language spoken by the Laz people on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. In 2007, it was estimated that there were around 20,000 native speakers in Turk
A Laz book
ვეფხისტყაოსანი XVII საუკუნე
The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same nam
Laz language
…this system has been used in most of the handful of publications that have appeared in Laz. Developed specifically for the Kartvelian languages, the Georgian alphabet is better suited to the sounds of Laz, but the fact that most of the language's speakers live in Turkey, where the Latin alphabet is used, has rendered…
Bir el Qutt inscriptions, c. 430 AD, Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
Bolnisi inscriptions, c. 494 AD, Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
Anbandidi Gospel in Asomtavruli, 9th century.
Nuskhuri of John Tornike collection of the Monastery of Iviron, 10th century.