Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Georgia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Cabinet of Georgia
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
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Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Asante
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
tafadhali
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
pole
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
nakupenda
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Samahani
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Kartli
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Pshavi
Native Name
Kiswahili
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
swahili
géorgien
German Name
Swahili
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Georgians
Origin
6th century
5th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Southern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Georgian
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
-
Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1302
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Swahili 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 Swahili and Georgian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Georgian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Georgian Dialects are spoken in different Georgian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Georgian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian , Kartlian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Georgian Speaking population
Swahili and Georgian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Georgian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Georgian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Georgian on Swahili vs Georgian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Georgian Language Codes
Swahili and Georgian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Georgian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.