Countries
Georgia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Mhoro
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Masikati
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Mangwanani
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Ndineurombo
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
bye
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Kartli
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Pshavian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Pshavi
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
ქართული ენა
chiShona
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
géorgien
shona
German Name
Georgisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Shona people
Origin
5th Century
20th century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Southern
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Glottocode
nucl1302
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Georgian and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Georgian and Shona Speaking population
Georgian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Georgian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Georgian and Shona Language Codes
Georgian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.