Countries
Georgia
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3323
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2819
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Ola
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Grazas
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Que tal estás?
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Boas noites
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Boa tarde
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Bos días
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Por favor
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Síntoo!
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
Adeus
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Ámote
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
80,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kartlian
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Kartli
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pshavian
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Pshavi
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
4.30 million2.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.64 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.30 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ქართული ენა
Galego
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Galego, Gallego
French Name
géorgien
galicien
German Name
Georgisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Galician people
Origin
5th Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Southern
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Galician
Language Position
12046
1
120
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Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ka
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kat
glg
ISO 639 2/B
geo
glg
ISO 639 3
kat
glg
ISO 639 6
kat
glg
Glottocode
nucl1302
gali1258
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
-