Countries
Georgia
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Not Available
  
French Name
géorgien
  
mongol
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available