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Somali and Georgian


Georgian and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Somalia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Cabinet of Georgia  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language  
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Arabic, Georgian script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
Fadlan  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
sorry  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Kartli  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Pshavi  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
40

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.64 %  
26

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
somali  
géorgien  

German Name
Somali  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Georgians  

History

Origin
19th century  
5th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Southern  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
83  
99+
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Georgian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
geo  

ISO 639 3
som  
kat  

ISO 639 6
som  
kat  

Glottocode
soma1255  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Somali and Georgian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Georgian dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Georgian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Georgian Dialects are spoken in different Georgian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Georgian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian , Kartlian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Georgian Speaking population

Somali and Georgian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Georgian languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Georgian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Georgian on Somali vs Georgian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Georgian Language Codes

Somali and Georgian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Georgian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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