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Georgian and Somali


Somali and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Somalia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Hello  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Fadlan  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
sorry  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
géorgien  
somali  

German Name
Georgisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Somalis  

History

Origin
5th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Somali  

Language Position
120  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
som  

ISO 639 3
kat  
som  

ISO 639 6
kat  
som  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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All Georgian and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Georgian and Somali Speaking population

Georgian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Georgian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Somali Language Codes

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

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