Countries
Georgia
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
géorgien
  
kannada
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
5th Century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available