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Greek vs Georgian


Georgian vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Cabinet of Georgia  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Arabic, Georgian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Kartli  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Pshavi  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
4,000,000.00  
40

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.64 %  
26

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
géorgien  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Georgians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
5th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Southern  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
74  
99+
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Georgian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
geo  

ISO 639 3
ell  
kat  

ISO 639 6
ells  
kat  

Glottocode
gree1276  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Greek and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Georgian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Greek and Georgian Language History.

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Greek and Georgian 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 Greek and Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Georgian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Georgian Difficulty

The Greek vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Georgian 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 Greek and Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.

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