Countries
Georgia
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
sorry
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
géorgien
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
5th Century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic