Countries
Georgia
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
hej
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
god morgon
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
géorgien
  
suédois
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
5th Century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available