Caucasian cartography Tristan Miller, Technische Universität Darmstadt 1 Below are the names of the towns and cities, as transliterated into the Latin alphabet. Can you link these names to the Georgian versions on the map? (Note that there is not necessarily a one-to-one correspondence between letters!) 2 Below are the Georgian names of some world cities. What are the names in English? a) ბუდაპეშტი b) ბუქარესტი c) ბირმინგემი d) ბერლინი e) რომი f) კარაკასი a) Akhaltsikhe b) Asp’indza c) Ch’iatura d) Gulripshi e) Jvari f) K’asp’I g) ვაშინგტონი h) მოსკოვი g) Kutaisi h) Marneuli i) Ochamchire j) Rustavi i) სიდნეი j) მუმბაი k) Sighnaghi l) T’q’ibuli m) Tbilisi n) Ts’alenjikha o) Zugdidi k) კარაჩი ns olutio 51 S ge on pa Babel The Language Magazine | November 2016 Caucasian cartography The Caucasus is a region renowned for its linguistic diversity. This small, mountainous land sandwiched between the Black and Caspian Seas is home to no less than 40 languages. One of the most widely spoken of these is Georgian, a member of the Kartvelian language family. The map below shows the part of the Caucasus that is home to most of the 4.3 million Georgian speakers. Included are fifteen towns and cities, with names written in the Georgian alphabet. 39