Countries
Georgia
  
India
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
géorgien
  
santal
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
5th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available