Countries
Georgia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Mhoro
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Masikati
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Mangwanani
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Ndineurombo
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
bye
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Kartli
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Pshavian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Pshavi
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
ქართული ენა
chiShona
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
géorgien
shona
German Name
Georgisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Shona people
Origin
5th Century
20th century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Southern
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Glottocode
nucl1302
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Georgian and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Shona language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Shona Difficulty
The Georgian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.