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Cantonese vs Georgian


Georgian vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
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
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Cabinet of Georgia  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
28  
18

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Georgian script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
谢谢  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
晚安  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
晚上好  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
早上好  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
请  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
遗憾  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
再见  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
我爱你  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Kartli  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Pshavi  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
4.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
4.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
Not Available  
géorgien  

German Name
Not Available  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Georgians  

History

Origin
17th century  
5th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Southern  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
Not Available  
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
geo  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
kat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Cantonese and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Georgian language. History of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Georgian Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Georgian Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.

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