Countries
Georgia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Hello
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Fadlan
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
sorry
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Kartli
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Pshavian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Pshavi
Standard Somali
Native Name
ქართული ენა
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
géorgien
somali
German Name
Georgisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Somalis
Origin
5th Century
19th century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Southern
Cushitic
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Somali
Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Glottocode
nucl1302
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Georgian and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Somali language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Somali Difficulty
The Georgian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.