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Georgian vs Luri


Luri vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Iran  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Antartica  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
-  

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.
  
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Persian  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Arabic  

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
25 weeks  
7

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
hello  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
how are you  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Good night  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Good evening  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Good morning  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Please  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
sorry  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
bye  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
i love you  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
excuse me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Feyli lurish  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Bakhtiari  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Laki  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Iran  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.00 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
0.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
89.00 million  
10

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
nanme  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Lori, Luri, Luristani  

French Name
géorgien  
louri  

German Name
Georgisch  
-  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Lurs  

History

Origin
5th Century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
gd  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
gd  

Language Position
120  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
-  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
12  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
lrc  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
lrc  

ISO 639 3
kat  
12  

ISO 639 6
kat  
lrc  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
12  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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Georgian and Luri Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Luri language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Luri language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Luri language states that this language originated in 19 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 Luri Language History.

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

Georgian vs Luri Difficulty

The Georgian vs Luri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Luri 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 Luri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Luri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Luri time required is 25 weeks.

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