Kartvelians
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Kartvelians is a synonym to the Georgian people, derived from the word Kartvelebi (singular: Kartveli) as the Georgians call themselves.
The term is frequently used in a purely linguistic meaning to apply to all ethnographic/subethnic or related ethnic groups of the Georgian people, who speak the Kartvelian or South Caucasian languages including the Georgian, Mingrelian, Svan, and Laz.