Dato Dolidze’s fingers move slowly on the old handset as he writes a text message to his son. “My phone only has the Latin alphabet, so every time I text I need to translate the Georgian letters into ...

In the mountains of Caucasus lies a wonderfully distinct language family called Kartvelian, or the South Caucasian language family. One particular language in this family, called Georgian, is ...

Before 2015, the majority of the Georgian population used the Latin alphabet while texting. Considering the fact that probably half of the world population uses the Latin alphabet when writing, this ...

The following is a partner post from EurasiaNet.org by Monica Ellena. Republished with permission. Dato Dolidze’s fingers move slowly on the old handset as he writes a text message to his son. “My ...