 In 2002, 218 non-Azeris in Georgia indicated Azeri as their first language and 6,704 more claimed speaking it as a second language.The Soviet census recorded Turkish-speaking Urum Greeks of central Georgia as speaking Azeri as a first language, in part due to the fact that their original dialect underwent influence from Azeri over the centuries and shifted towards the latter.The first European-style school in Georgia with Azeri as the language of instruction opened in Tiflis in 1847, followed by the Kizilajlo school in 1877.