Countries
Georgia
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
South Korea
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
géorgien
  
coréen
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Koreans
  
Origin
5th Century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative