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Georgian vs Greek


Greek vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Cappadocian Greek  

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

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
géorgien  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Georgisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
5th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
120  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
gre  

ISO 639 3
kat  
ell  

ISO 639 6
kat  
ells  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Georgian and Greek Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Greek language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Georgian vs Greek Difficulty

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

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