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
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Thembu
Kartlian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kartli
Where They Speak
South Africa
Pshavi
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Georgians
Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa
Modern Georgian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
nucl1302
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Georgian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Georgian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.