Countries
Georgia
South Africa
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Kartli
South Africa
Where They Speak
Pshavi
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
5th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Southern
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1302
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
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.
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.