Countries
Georgia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Hola
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Bon dia
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
géorgien
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
5th Century
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available