Cheveneburi means "ours" an ethnic identity for Georgian immigrants who came from Acharia in 1877 after the Ottoman-Russo wars.

History

Georgian is spoken by some 50.000 people in Borçka and the northern (Meydancık- Imerhevi) half of Şavşat (Shavsheti)districts and in individual villages in Artvin province. Some descendants of Georgian refugees of 1877 (in the Ünye and Ordu areas also speak it. Georgian speaking emigrants from Artvin, in Izmit and Bursa provinces in Western Turkey probably outnumber those who remain at home. Artvin is a city in north-eastern Turkey. ... İzmit (also known as Kocaeli; previously known as Ismid or Isnikmid) is a city in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey. ... Bursa (formerly known as Brusa or Prusa) is the capital of the Bursa Province in northwestern Turkey. ...

Sample Words

Kartuli itzi: Do you speak? Rawai khar?: How are you? Garga var, sağol: I'm fine thank you. Dghe darosi rawa ya?: How's the weather? Sakheli rakh kwi ya?: What's your name?

References

Blacksea: Enyclopedic Dictionary (Özhan Öztürk. Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük. 2. Cilt. Heyamola Publishing. Istanbul. 2005. ISBN 975-6121-00-9.

Internet Resources

• Çeveneburi
• Kolkha
• Karalahana.com
• Maçaheli