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Georgian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Greek  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
32  
22

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
géorgien  
arménien  

German Name
Georgisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Armenians  

History

Origin
5th Century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
120  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
arm  

ISO 639 3
kat  
hye  

ISO 639 6
kat  
hye  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
No data available  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Georgian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Armenian language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Georgian and Armenian Language History.

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Georgian and Armenian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Georgian and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Armenian language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Georgian vs Armenian Difficulty

The Georgian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Georgian and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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