Klardzhi ( Georgian. კლარჯები ) - Meskhian ethnographic group of Georgians . They live in the historical region of Klargeti and in Anatolia. After the conquest of Samtskhe-Saatabago by the Ottomans, the ossification of the local Georgian tribes began. In the 80s of the 19th century, a significant part of the Georgian (Clarjah) population was evicted from historical Klardgetia to the central regions of Turkey.
They speak the Clarjah dialect of the Georgian language.
Literature
- Vahushti Bagrationi. The history of the kingdom of Georgia. Metsniereba. 1976
- საქართველოს ისტორია, ტ. I - უძველესი დროიდან XIX საუკუნის დასასრულამდე;