Asomtavruli alphabet
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The Asomtavruli alphabet is an ancient script used for the Georgian language, dating back to the 5th century CE. It is considered the earliest Georgian script and likely evolved from the Greek alphabet, though many of its characters have a unique angular shape. Asomtavruli later developed into Khutsuri, an ecclesiastical script. The modern Georgian script, Mkhedruli, is derived from a later cursive form of the book script, which itself descended from the Old Georgian system. All Georgian scripts are written from left to right.1
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