Countries
Countries
Georgia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Not Available
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2821
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Habari
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Asante
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
tafadhali
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
pole
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
bye
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
80,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kartlian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Kartli
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pshavian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Pshavi
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2012
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
4.30 million15.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
ქართული ენა
-9999
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
géorgien
swahili
German Name
Georgisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Georgians
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
5th Century
6th century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Southern
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Swahili
Language Position
120NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
ka
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kat
swa
ISO 639 2/B
geo
swa
ISO 639 3
kat
swa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1302
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available