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Afrikaans vs Georgian


Georgian vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Cabinet of Georgia  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Georgian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
Dankie  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
goeie nag  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
goeie more  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
asseblief  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
jammer  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
Not Available  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kartli  

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Pshavi  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
Not Available  

Native Name
Afrikaans  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
afrikaans  
géorgien  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Georgians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
5th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Southern  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
Not Available  
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
geo  

ISO 639 3
afr  
kat  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Afrikaans and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Georgian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Afrikaans and Georgian Language History.

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

Afrikaans vs Georgian Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.

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