"English--the richest, most expressive language in the world"

[Rusiko Amirejibi-Mullen]

Beliefs of language qualities are widely held in Georgia. The reason  
for this, in my opinion, comes out from the psalm written in tenth  
century by the Georgian hymnography Ioane Zosime 'Praise and  
Glorification of the Georgian Language', stating that ?our language  
has been singled out above all others for a special destiny?.   This  
is because,  ?Buried is the Georgian language as a martyr until the  
day of the Messiah?s second coming, so that God may look at every  
language through this language . . . And this language, beautified and  
blessed by the name of the Lord, humble and afflicted, awaits the day  
of the second coming of the Lord?? In 1980s this hymn spawned  
messianic tendencies in Georgia.  The messianic role of the Georgian  
language still remains widespread and sustains beliefs of superiority  
over other languages.