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Georgian vs Estonian


Estonian vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Estonia, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
28  
18
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Tere  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Palun  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Vabandust  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Head aega  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Eesti keel  

French Name
géorgien  
estonien  

German Name
Georgisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Estonians  

History

Origin
5th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Estonian  

Language Position
120  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
est  

ISO 639 3
kat  
est  

ISO 639 6
kat  
est  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Georgian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Estonian language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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Georgian and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Estonian language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Georgian vs Estonian Difficulty

The Georgian vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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