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Georgian and Shona


Shona and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
46   
34

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Mangwanani   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
bye   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
géorgien   
shona   

German Name
Georgisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
5th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Not Available   

Language Position
120   
99+
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
sna   

ISO 639 3
kat   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Georgian and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Georgian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Georgian and Shona Speaking population

Georgian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Georgian and Shona on Georgian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Shona Language Codes

Georgian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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