Countries
Georgia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Romanian
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2829
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Si jeni?
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
mirëdita
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
mirëmengjes
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Ju lutem
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Me fal
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
mirupafshim
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
80,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kartlian
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Kartli
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pshavian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Pshavi
Italy
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
4.30 million7.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.64 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.30 million3.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
4.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ქართული ენა
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Shqip
French Name
géorgien
albanais
German Name
Georgisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Albanians
Origin
5th Century
1462 AD
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Southern
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Standard Albanian
Language Position
12014
1
120
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Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ka
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kat
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
geo
alb
ISO 639 3
kat
sqi
ISO 639 6
kat
sqi
Glottocode
nucl1302
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic