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Georgian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
28  
18
43  
32

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Molo  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Unjani  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Molo  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Ndicela  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

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

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Gcaleka  

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

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
géorgien  
xhosa  

German Name
Georgisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
5th Century  
16th 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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
120  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
xho  

ISO 639 3
kat  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Georgian and Xhosa Speaking population

Georgian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Georgian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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