The primary language in Georgia is Georgian—a language not even in the same language family as Russian. It’s classified as a Caucasian language but it isn’t known if it’s actually related to any of the other languages of the Caucasus area. It has its own alphabet with 33 letters, completely unlike the Roman, Greek, or Cyrillic alphabets.
Fascinating. I had no idea that they had their own language and admit I’m completely unfamiliar with their history. Thank you for letting me know that; I will be doing a little research now.
Georgian is actually a Kartvelian language. The Karvelian family is a small group of languages unique to the South Caucasus, and I don’t believe it’s related to the North Caucasian languages, although they do share some similar aspects such as not pronouncing consonants on the end of words. In the Laz language (in the Karvelian family) the word for yes is “ho.” In Chechen (a North Caucasian language) it is “ha.” But this could just be a coincidence.