Countries
Georgia
South Africa
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
Not Available
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Not Available
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Molo
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Unjani
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Molo
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Ndicela
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Kartli
South Africa
Where They Speak
Pshavi
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ქართული ენა
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
géorgien
xhosa
German Name
Georgisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
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Ethnicity
Georgians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
5th Century
16th 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
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1302
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Georgian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Xhosa language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Georgian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.