r/Kartvelian

This post is probably quite unusual for this sub. However, I’ve recently been looking into this "lostwave" case, and a few people have suggested that the song might be in Georgian. There are still some doubts regarding French, but as a native French speaker, I am convinced it isn't French. I figured this would be the best place to get information on the possibility of it being Georgian.

I've listened to many languages, and so far Georgian has been the only one to sound very strange to me—somewhat alien. It's probably the ejective consonants that make it sound different, which are a rare occurrence in languages across the globe. I also think it's the combination of being a very consonant-heavy yet simultaneously vowel-rounded language and having many repeating syllables that gives it a unique quality.

It's a very beautiful and mesmerizing language. Something about its sound combinations and weak stress pattern makes the language have a soothing effect. It definitely sounds like an old and ancient language.

For a while I've known that the preverb ამო has a secondary meaning of "to remove" or "to take out of," such as in verbs like "ამოიღო" or "ამოისუნთქა." I accepted this as a non-directional meaning of ამო, but I had a bit of a hard time seeing the spatial-directional application of the preverb as a metaphor for taking things out and how it might have developed. Recently, though, I had a thought that made the lightbulb in my head come on. I thought, "Let me imagine the spatial directional act." ა means up, and მო means towards. So now imagine I'm pulling something up towards me, or something is coming up towards me. Perhaps I'm pulling someone up from a ditch, or maybe I'm pulling a vegetable out of the ground. I have essentially "removed" something from a lower place!

I don't know if my theory is correct, but it's definitely interesting to think about how such metaphorical applications of preverbs could have evolved!

A few times I've heard about how Tbilisians have their own distinct accent that's different from people from the regions. What uniquely characterizes this accent in phonetic terms? What sounds does it have or not have? What is the intonation like? What is its overall quality and how can it be described?