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Georgian vs Finnish


Finnish vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
28  
18
13  
3

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Moi  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
haluta  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Anteeksi  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Heippa  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Colloquial Finnish  

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

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Suomi  

French Name
géorgien  
finnois  

German Name
Georgisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
5th Century  
1543  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
120  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
fin  

ISO 639 3
kat  
fin  

ISO 639 6
kat  
fin  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
finn1318  

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, Synthetic  

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Georgian and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Finnish language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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

Georgian vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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