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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Georgian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

See Georgian phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Georgian.

Consonants
IPA	Georgian alphabet	Translit.	English approximation
b	ბ	b	bash
d	დ	d	do
dz	ძ	j	pads
dʒ	ჯ	ǰ	hedge
ɡ	გ	g	gate
ɣ	ღ	ḡ
h	ჰ	h	head
kʼ	კ	k	(ejective) ^[1]
kʰ	ქ	k'	can
l	ლ	l	leaf
m	მ	m	much
n	ნ	n	not
pʼ	პ	p	(ejective)^[1]
pʰ	ფ	p'	pan
qʼ	ყ	q	(ejective)^[1]
r	რ	r	Spanish ‹rr›
s	ს	s	sue
ʃ	შ	š	shoe
tʼ	ტ	t	(ejective)^[1]
tʰ	თ	t'	table
tsʼ	წ	c	(ejective)^[1]
tsʰ	ც	c'	tsunami
tʃʼ	ჭ	č	(ejective)^[1]
tʃʰ	ჩ	č'	choose
v	ვ	v	van
x	ხ	x	Bach
z	ზ	z	zen
ʒ	ჟ	ž	vision

Vowels
IPA	Georgian alphabet	Translit.	English approximation
ɑ	ა	a	bra
ɛ	ე	e	yell
i	ი	i	feel
ɔ	ო	o	law
u	უ	u	loot

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.