The Year Edition

May 17, 2008 in TBC Bank head office was held the presentation of encyclopedia “GEORGIAN LANGUAGE”. This remarkable event was lighted up by mass media.
Here are some quotations from the published articles:
“The idea of making this Encyclopedia come into being in 1990s. At that time the Chief Editor of Georgian Encyclopedia was Avtandil Sakvarelidze, the director of Institute of Linguistics was Besarion Jorbenadze. It has been preparing for several years”.
“It is told that such kind of book has to be in all Georgian families… I should repeat the same, as this edition (“Georgian Language”) we named “Georgian language passport”… - from the conversation with encyclopediab Abashidze. May 17-18, 2008, “Weekend”, edition of newspaper “24 Hours” – the shore is seen and we have to reach it…” (author Salome Jangveladze).
“This book is not the dictionary which applies only one field, if reflects all Georgian culture, life and awareness of Georgians. The big group of scientists worked on this encyclopedia. In spite of diversity of the articles, the integrity which shows emotional relations of the authors to the native language is not destroyed. Many thanks to each of the author. Great pleasure expects Georian reader” – from the conversation with Gucha Kvaratskhelia.
May 19, 2008, “24 Hours” – “Georgian language” created step by step” (author Tamar Kiknavelidze).