Countries
Georgia
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-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)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
désolé
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Français
  
French Name
géorgien
  
français
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th Century
  
9th Century
  
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 French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic