Countries
Georgia
South Africa
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Xhosa 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)
Sawubona
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
unjani
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
bye
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Kartlian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Kartli
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Pshavian
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Pshavi
Zimbabwe
Native Name
ქართული ენა
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
géorgien
zoulou
German Name
Georgisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Zulu people
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Southern
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Glottocode
nucl1302
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Georgian and Zulu 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 Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Georgian and Zulu Speaking population
Georgian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Georgian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Georgian and Zulu Language Codes
Georgian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.