Countries
Georgia
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
sorry
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
géorgien
  
somali
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Somalis
  
Origin
5th Century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
soma1255
  
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