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Georgian and Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
28   
18
50   
35

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)   
Sawubona   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Ngiyabonga   

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

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
bye   

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

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Qwabe   

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

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
géorgien   
zoulou   

German Name
Georgisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
5th Century   
19   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
120   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
zul   

ISO 639 3
kat   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fg   

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

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Georgian and Zulu Speaking population

Georgian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Georgian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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