Countries
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
33
Rank: 15 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
28
Rank: 18 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
80,000.00
Rank: 80 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Kartli
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
Rank: 40 (Overall)
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
20
Rank: 18 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
Rank: 74 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.64 %
Rank: 26 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.30 million
Rank: 69 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
0.01
400
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Native Name
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
géorgien
German Name
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Origin
5th Century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Southern
Branch
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Language Position
120
Rank: 78 (Overall)
1
120
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Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
-
ISO 639 1
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kat
ISO 639 2/B
geo
ISO 639 3
kat
ISO 639 6
kat
Glottocode
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic