Countries
Georgia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
géorgien
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available