''Alphabetum Ibericum sive Georgianum cum Oratione'' (literally "Iberian or Georgian Alphabet with Prayers") is the first book printed in the Georgian language using

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in 1629 at Palazzo di Propaganda Fide. The book was printed along with '' Dittionario giorgiano e italiano'' by

Nikoloz Cholokashvili Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Nicholas Irubakidze-Cholokashvili) ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ჩოლოყაშვილი; ნიკოლოზ ირუბაქიძე-ჩოლოყაშვილი), known in Europe as Niceforo Irbachi, (15 ...

, the ambassador of the Georgian king Teimuraz I, in

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. It includes a guide for

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speakers on reading and pronouncing Georgian written in ''

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'' script.

David Marshall Lang David Marshall Lang (6 May 1924 – 20 March 1991), was a Professor of Caucasian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was one of the most productive British scholars who specialized in Georgian, Armenian and ...

''The Last Years of the Georgian Monarchy, 1658-1832'' p. 131, 1957,

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References

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