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Georgian and Albanian


Albanian and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Romanian  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
mirëmengjes  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Me fal  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million  
99+
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Shqip  

French Name
géorgien  
albanais  

German Name
Georgisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Albanians  

History

Origin
5th Century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
120  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
alb  

ISO 639 3
kat  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
kat  
sqi  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
No data available  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Georgian and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Georgian and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Georgian and Albanian Speaking population

Georgian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Georgian and Albanian on Georgian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Albanian Language Codes

Georgian and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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