Countries
Georgia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Habari
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Asante
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
tafadhali
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
pole
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
bye
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Kartli
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Pshavian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Pshavi
Kilwa
Native Name
ქართული ენა
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
géorgien
swahili
German Name
Georgisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
5th Century
6th century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Southern
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
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Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
nucl1302
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Georgian and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Georgian and Swahili Speaking population
Georgian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Georgian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Georgian and Swahili Language Codes
Georgian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.