The goal of the presented project is to investigate and describe The Georgian Sign Language (GESL) nominal morphology. GESL is a less studied language for today. It is a language of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) people in Georgia. These people are the linguistic minority and GESL is a native language for them. GESL has its individual grammar system, and for today it is an understudied natural language. Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation funded the study of GESL verbal morphology and in 2019 the monograph “Georgian Sign Language verbal morphology” was published by Tamar Makharoblidze. In order to have a complete course of GESL morphology it is necessary to conduct research on its nominal morphology.
   As sign language research is a new field in Georgia, a close cooperation with foreign colleagues is planned within the framework of the presented project. We will have a qualified foreign consultant, and we plan to have consultations face-to-face and on-line. Advisory trips to foreign universities and libraries are also planned to get better acquainted with the works of our foreign colleagues, their work-style and specifics of this field, and in particular, issues related to our research topics. We will also present the results of our research to foreign colleagues.  
The presented project will create the following product:
    One printed book (‘The GESL Nominal Morphology’), 
    One article published in a high-ranking scientific journal, 
    Two local publications,  
    Four thematic electronic dictionaries placed at Ilia State University (ISU) web-page, 
    An archive-data of GESL language material stored at ISU GESL laboratory,  
    BA program on the GESL nominal morphology for ISU School of Arts and Sciences.

     Based on existing international experience, appropriate methodology is in line with the aims and objectives of the project. Pure linguistic methods are descriptive and comparative, as well as typological. Morphological categories of GESL for nominal morphology will be revealed as a result of working with GESL native-signers - language sources.
      The presented project will bring the important input to DHH education system in Georgia, and it had its valuable impact on socio-cultural progress of local DHH community. Deaf people are linguistic minorities in all countries worldwide, and therefore any fundamental research of Deaf language and culture can be considered as a very significant contribution to the country’s progress.   
 The implementation of the project will also contribute to the career development of the young scientific.