Georgian Pangrams

A pangram is a sentence constructed so that the words in it use every letter of the alphabet. Probably the best known pangram is The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, and there are many others for almost every language… except Georgian. Because the language has a unique writing system and there are not many type designers who work with it, the search for a Georgian pangram is quite a task. Nevertheless, I managed to find some interesting examples, which I verified with native Georgian speakers.

• აბგად ევზეთ იკალ მანო, პაჟა რასტა უფქა ღაყაშ, ჩაცა ძაწა ჭახა ჯაჰო
  “Abgad Evzet Ikal Mano, Pazha Rasta Upka Ghagash, Chatsa Dzatsa Chakha Jaho”. This one is used in schools to help children memorize the letters of the Georgian alphabet. This phrase contain all of 33 characters and only 52 characters long, but the words are all made-up and have no meaning.

• გვიპყრობდა კვამლი, ჩიტებს გაჰქონდათ ჟღურტული ზეცაში, ძილს უფრთხობს ჭიქების ჯახუნი მიწებში¹
  “We were overcome by smoke, the birds were carried away by chirping in the sky, sleep is disturbed by the clatter of glasses on the ground”. 77 characters

• ჩიტს გაჰქონდა ჟღურტული ზეცაში, კვართიან საპყარს ძილს უფრთხობდა ჭიქის ჯახუნი
  “A bird flew up to the sky, the clinking of the glass scared the robed cripple from sleep”. Only 65 characters.

I would still like to double-check and make sure that these sentences are 100% accurate. And I hope there are more pangrams in Georgian, so I will keep finding them and updating this list.

2024-05-24

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