Countries
Georgia
  
European Union, Finland
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Estonia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
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.
  
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Finnish-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)
  
Moi
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Kiitos
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
hyvää yötä
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Hyvää iltaa
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Hyvää huomenta
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
haluta
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Anteeksi
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Heippa
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Anteeksi
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Colloquial Finnish
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Finland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Rauma
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Finland, Rauma
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Meänkieli
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Finland, Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
5.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
5.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.01 million
  
39
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
suomi / suomen kieli
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Suomi
  
French Name
géorgien
  
finnois
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Finnisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[ˈsuomi]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
ethnic Finns
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1543
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Proto-Finnic language
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
standard Finnish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Finnish
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
fi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
fin
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
fin
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
fin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
finn1318
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic