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Georgian Language



Countries

Countries
Georgia

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

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

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
33 15

Phonology

How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
28 18

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

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)

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian

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

How Many People Speak
80,000.00 80

Dialect 2
Kartlian

Where They Speak
Kartli

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00 49

Dialect 3
Pshavian

Where They Speak
Pshavi

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00 40

Total No. Of Dialects
20 18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million 74

Speaking Population
0.64 % 26

Native Speakers
4.30 million 69

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million 52

Native Name
ქართული ენა

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli

French Name
géorgien

German Name
Georgisch

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]

Ethnicity
Georgians

History

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 78

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language

Scope
-

Code

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

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Origin of Georgian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Georgian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Georgian language states that it was put to use in 5th Century. The history of Georgian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Georgian Language History.The evolution of Georgian language began with early forms such as Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian. Modern Georgian is the standard form of Georgian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Georgian Language.

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Georgian population

Georgian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Georgian language. Georgian language is spoken by 4.30 million people in the world. Most of the Georgian population lies in the Georgian Speaking Countries. Georgian language is spoken as first language by 4.30 million people and as second language by about 4.00 million people. Get to know Georgian speaking population in detail.

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Georgian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Georgian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Georgian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Georgian script script is used by Georgian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Georgian language

Check out all the information about Georgian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Georgian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Georgian Speaking Countries, Georgian speaking continents and Georgian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Georgian countries knowing common Georgian Greetings will help you in communicating with Georgian people.

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