Countries
Georgia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Kartli
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Pshavian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Pshavi
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
ქართული ენა
Not Available
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
géorgien
swahili
German Name
Georgisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
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Ethnicity
Georgians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
5th Century
6th century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Southern
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1302
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
Georgian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Swahili language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Swahili Difficulty
The Georgian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.