Countries
Georgia
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
géorgien
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic