Countries
Georgia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Not Available
  
French Name
géorgien
  
albanais
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Albanians
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic