Not much Georgian is made for learners, so the Georgian you read and hear at first comes from a handful of places. Look for comprehensible input, which is Georgian you can mostly follow, with about one new word per sentence and the meaning still clear.
Courses, tutors and word apps are in our full Georgian app comparison.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Georgian. You learn from Georgian you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Say you want to buy bread or take a taxi in Tbilisi. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes a Georgian lesson on it at your level, and the words you save return in new lessons.
LingQ, below, can import a Georgian article or video you found yourself.
- Pick a topic and a level, and Poppy writes the Georgian to match.
- Each lesson has AI audio to play while you read.
- Tap a word to see what it means, or ask Poppy to explain a whole line.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't turn your own Georgian books into lessons. However, you can paste a page in the chat, and Poppy will explain it.
- Bubblegum has no practice tests for Georgia's citizenship exam.
- Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read.
- Regenerative Review™
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EasyGeorgian
EasyGeorgian's podcast course is built for listening. Read an episode's transcript while you play it, and then play it again without the text.
- A podcast course of 100 episodes spoken slowly and clearly, with full transcripts and translations.
- Georgian Stories are free videos for beginners: each one plays first with English captions, then in Georgian only.
- Flashcards
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LingQ
Georgian is a beta language on LingQ. Start with a Mini Story, and look up any word you miss with a tap.
- A Mini Stories course of 62 beginner lessons.
- Courses from JAMnews and Radio Tavisupleba (Liberty), plus Georgian songs.
- Bring in your own Georgian article or video, and look up words with a tap.
- Flashcards
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Other Apps We Looked At (3)
- 50LANGUAGES100 short lessons with Georgian text and MP3 audio at about the A1 and A2 levels.
- LingAfter the first lessons, its Georgian path moves on to cultural stories, travel guides and news articles.
- GlossikaMore than 5,000 Georgian words and sentences with audio, from A1 to C1.
StoryWeaver has 7 free Georgian picture books, and 6 of them are Level 1. Try ჩემი ოჯახი (my family), a Level 1 book, and read it out loud.
Speak Georgian is a YouTube channel with a video series on the alphabet. Hoda-georgia has Georgian tutorials in English.
Interpressnews is a news agency that writes in Georgian. Pick a story you have already followed in English, and read just the headline and the first lines.
| What You Can Follow | Try This | You're Ready to Move On When |
|---|---|---|
| One page at a time | A Level 1 picture book on StoryWeaver | You read a page aloud and can say who did what |
| Short sentences | Georgian Stories on EasyGeorgian, or LingQ Mini Stories | You can retell it from memory |
| Slow, clear audio | EasyGeorgian's podcast course, or 50LANGUAGES lessons with MP3 | An episode makes sense before you open the transcript |
| Songs and short interviews | LingQ's Georgian courses | You catch the main idea of a short piece |
| Real news | A headline and first lines on Interpressnews | You can say what the story is about |
Menus in your language don't always mean Georgian explained in your language, so try one lesson before you pay.
| App | Languages You Can Use It In | Full List |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 74 | Supported language pairs |
| EasyGeorgian | 1 | Full list |
| LingQ | 17 | Full list |
| 50LANGUAGES | 55 | Full list |
| Ling | 68 | Full list |
| Glossika | 2 | Full list |
Which Georgian app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Georgian, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. If you'd rather listen first, start with the free Georgian Stories on EasyGeorgian. If you'd rather read first, try the picture books on StoryWeaver.
Do I need the alphabet before I start reading?
For the books and news here, yes. Georgian has 33 letters, and each one has its own sound. Bubblegum's Georgian Alphabet course teaches them, and you can read a word like გამარჯობა (hello) out loud as soon as you know them.
Is there news in easy Georgian?
We didn't find a news site written in easy Georgian. Start with the picture books and the Georgian Stories videos, and try a news headline when those feel comfortable.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Wiktionary: the modern Georgian script (33 letters)
- Bubblegum: Georgian and the Georgian Alphabet course
- LingQ: Learn Georgian online
- LingQ: Georgian courses (Mini Stories, JAMnews, Radio Tavisupleba)
- LingQ: languages (Georgian is a beta language)
- LingQ: what's free
- LingQ on the App Store (languages you can use it in)
- EasyGeorgian: the podcast course (100 slow, clear episodes with transcripts)
- EasyGeorgian: Georgian Stories
- EasyGeorgian: pricing (one-time courses, free first lesson)
- EasyGeorgian on the App Store
- 50LANGUAGES: Learn Georgian (100 lessons with MP3)
- 50LANGUAGES: English to Georgian lessons
- Learn Georgian - 50 languages on Google Play (30 free lessons, in-app purchases)
- Learn Georgian - 50 Languages on the App Store (languages you can use it in)
- Ling: Learn Georgian (reading cultural stories, travel guides and news)
- Ling: FAQs (free units)
- Ling: pricing
- Ling on the App Store (languages you can use it in)
- Glossika: Learn Georgian
- Glossika: what's free
- Glossika on the App Store (languages you can use it in)
- StoryWeaver: Georgian picture books
- Speak Georgian: video lessons on YouTube
- Hoda-georgia: Georgian tutorials in English on YouTube
- Interpressnews: Georgian news agency
- EasyGeorgian
