Countries
Georgia
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-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)
  
bok
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
kako si
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
molim
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
89.00 million
  
18
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
géorgien
  
croate
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Croats
  
Origin
5th Century
  
9th century
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic