Locale Ka Ge
Use when working with the Georgian (Georgia) locale (`ka-GE`) — its endonym ქართული (საქართველო), Georgian script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
Reference data for the Georgian (Georgia) locale — endonym ქართული (საქართველო), written in the Georgian script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
ka-GE - ISO 639-1:
ka - ISO 639-3:
kat - Script: Geor (Georgian)
- Region: GE (Georgia)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 3,800,000
- L2 (additional): 1,200,000
- L1+L2 (total): 5,000,000
Base locale
This is a regional variant of Locale Ka 001 (Georgian), the base/macro locale for this language.
Pluralization
CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).
- one —
n = 1(e.g. 1) - other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)
See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.
Translating into this locale
Apply Locale Ka 001 with the conventions of Georgia.
- Formats: lari (
₾); dates17.10.2026; 24-hour clock; decimal comma. - Names: place names follow official Georgian forms (
თბილისი); Latin transliteration follows the national system. - Context: Abkhaz and Ossetian are also used in some regions; Georgian is the state language.
Common pitfalls
- Using Russian place-name forms.
- Using other scripts (Mtavruli) outside design contexts.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Ka 001 also apply.
Learn more
- Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- Unicode CLDR locale data for number, calendar, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)