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From 1865 until today many Georgians struggled actively to protect
their historical native language – Georgian language and on the basis
of reasonable, well-founded arguments rejected the so-called four
languages’ "theory" that was obtruded by the Russian empire aiming at
fragmenting Georgians linguistically and ethnically; the following is a
part of clergy and public figures of the last two centuries: Ivane Kereselidze,
Dimitri Bakradze, Saint Ilia the Righteous (Chavchavadze), Akaki
Tsereteli, Dimitri Kipiani, Saint Alexander (Okropiridze) Bishop of Guria
and Samegrelo, Holy Hieromartyr Kirion II (Sadzaglishvili) of
Georgia, Patriarch Leonide (Okropiridze), Saint Ambrose (Khelaia), bishop
Grigol (Dadiani), David George Dadiani, Nikoloz Tariel Dadiani,
Petre Charaia, Mose Janashvili, Vazha-Pshavela, Petre Mirianashvili,
Saint Alexis (Shushania), Iakob Gogebashvili, Ivane Margiani, Besarion
Nizharadze, Luarsab Lolua, Sosiko Merkviladze, Valerian Gunia, Patriarch
Kalistrate Tsintsadze, Silovan Khundadze, Ivane Javakhishvili,
Tedo Sakhokia, Tedo Zhordania, Pavle Ingorokva, George Tsereteli,
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Otar Gigineishvili,
Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (Shiolashvili), Metropolitan Anania (Japaridze),
Nodar Jalaghonia, Nomadi Bartaia, Erekle Saghliani, Iakob Tandilava,
etc.
Cf.: prior to the Soviet Imperial dominion in Georgia the part of
Georgian Scientists also regarded Megrelian-Chan (Zan) and Svan linguistic
entities as Georgian dialects; several views below are cited as
samples:
Petre Charaia (the view is presented in his research titled "Georgian
Literary Language and Georgian Orthography" and "relation of the
Megrelian dialect to the Georgian language"): a nation has a language
while a community (tribe) has a dialect. Megrelian-Chan-Svan are not
dialects of modern Georgian literary language, they represent dialects of
the language which incorporates modern literary "language", its dialects
and historical Goergian literary "language"... for the Georgians the historical
Georgian literary language is the only language and each Georgian
dialects must not be regarded as a literary language: in all regions,
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