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Georgian and Somali


Somali and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Language Position
120   
99+
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Georgian and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Georgian and Somali Speaking population

Georgian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Somali on Georgian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Somali Language Codes

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

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