Many sects and races have inhabited Georgia for thousands of years, such as Azerbaijanis, Abkhazians, Assyrians, Chechens, Chinese, Georgian Jews, Greeks, Kurds, Tatars, Turks and Ukrainians.
Georgia also has great linguistic diversity, with 71% of the population speaking Georgian, Las, Mingrelian and Svan. However, Georgia's official language is Georgian and Abkhaz, with 71% of the population speaking them, while11% speaking Svan, 7% in Armenian, 6% in Azeri and 5% in other languages.