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^{page 55 note 3} A Georgian-English dictionary by Miss E. Cherkesi was in preparation at the time of writing (December, 1950), and has since been published.

^{page 56 note 1} See Firth, J. R., “The Technique of Semantics,” TPS., 1935, pp. 36 ff.Google Scholar

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^{page 56 note 3} A need recognized by Vogt, , op. cit., p. 9.Google Scholar

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^{page 58 note 1} For syllable division in some loan words see p. 65.

^{page 58 note 2} See Dirr, A., Einführung in das Studium der Kaukasischen Sprachen.Google Scholar

^{page 59 note 1} Cf. Trubetskoy, N. S., Principes de Phonologie (tr. Cantineau), pp. 116–17.Google Scholar

^{page 59 note 2} This is decided for a, where the opposition of “front” and “back” does not apply, by its behaviour with preceding l (see p. 63).

^{page 60 note 1} For the suggestion that it may be useful to conduct phonological anlaysis in terms of more than one system see Firth, J. B., Sounds and Prosodies, pp. 127 f.Google Scholar

^{page 60 note 2} Except that final clusters resulting from the morphological junction of unaspirated and aspirated consonant were realized as two aspirated consonants. See p. 68.

^{page 61 note 1} See pp. 65 ff.

^{page 61 note 2} These descriptions will be amplified in the statement on pp. 65 ff.

^{page 62 note 1} Vogt, , Esquisse, p. 13Google Scholar, notes that in such words the letter “m” (Ƌ) is sometimes omitted in writing.

^{page 62 note 2} But not before x and ɣ.

^{page 63 note 1} See p. 58.

^{page 63 note 2} See pp. 66–7.

^{page 63 note 3} When I pronounced the English word “reks” (wrecks, Rex) Mr. Gugushvili said that he “heard a w-sound” before the “r” (“r” in standard English may be said to carry a w-prosody).—R. H. R.

^{page 64 note 1} For a similar phenomenon in the contiguous Armenian language, see Allen, W. S., “Notes on the Phonetics of an Eastern Armenian Speaker, TPS, 1950, pp. 195–6.Google Scholar

^{page 65 note 1} Mr. Gugushvili did not pronounce any of the “h” verbal prefixes, still sometimes preserved in the orthography.

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^{page 65 note 4} Cf. Pike, K. L., Phonetics, pp. 90–1.Google Scholar

^{page 66 note 1} Initial q, however, preceding another consonant, if realized as a fricative, was not an ejective.

^{page 66 note 2} Glottalized consonants in final position are limited to certain tense forms of a limited number of verbs.

^{page 66 note 3} E.g. in Vogt, , Esquisse, p. 11.Google Scholar

^{page 66 note 4} Such occurrences must have been the basis of N. Marr's description of the aspirated series as “half-voiced” (see Trudy komissii po izučeniju plemennogo naselenija Rossii, Nr. 4, p. 3Google Scholar; Marr, N. and Brière, M., La Langue Georgienne, pp. 18ff.)Google Scholar, but such voicing was confined to medial position after vowels and l, r, m, n, in the speech of our informant.

^{page 67 note 1} Esquiase, p. 16.Google Scholar

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^{page 68 note 2} Cf. p. 56. Historically, however, t' + s > ts', and tc + ∫ > t∫' (ts'ameti, thirteen < *at'sammeti; t∫'vidmeti, seventeen < *at'∫vidmeti. See Vogt, , Esquisse, p. 89).Google Scholar

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^{page 69 note 2} Certain small changes in the text as given in the book were made by him in the recording.