Countries
South Africa
Georgia
National Language
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Cabinet of Georgia
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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
Molo
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Unjani
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Molo
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Ndicela
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Dialect 2
Thembu
Kartlian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kartli
Where They Speak
South Africa
Pshavi
Native Name
isiXhosa
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
xhosa
géorgien
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Georgians
Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa
Modern Georgian
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Georgian Sign Language
Glottocode
xhos1239
nucl1302
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Georgian dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Georgian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Georgian Dialects are spoken in different Georgian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Georgian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian , Kartlian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Georgian Speaking population
Xhosa and Georgian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Georgian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Georgian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Georgian on Xhosa vs Georgian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Georgian Language Codes
Xhosa and Georgian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Georgian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.