Countries
Georgia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
üzr
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Russia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Azerbaijan
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
26.00 million
  
39
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
géorgien
  
azéri
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
5th Century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Azerbaijani
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative