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Somali vs Georgian


Georgian vs 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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Somali and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Georgian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century 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 Somali and Georgian Language History.

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

Somali vs Georgian Difficulty

The Somali vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.

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