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
Not Available
Derived From
Arabic Language
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
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Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Not Available
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
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Kartli
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Pshavi
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
swahili
géorgien
German Name
Swahili
Georgisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Georgians
Origin
6th century
5th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Southern
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Georgian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1302
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Swahili 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 Swahili and Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Georgian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Georgian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.