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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Georgia

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Cabinet of Georgia

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Not Available

1.10 Derived From

Anatolian Languages

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

33
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

28
Rank: 18 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Arabic, Georgian script

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)

3.2 Thank You

გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)

3.3 How Are You?

როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)

3.4 Good Night

ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)

3.5 Good Evening

საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)

3.6 Good Afternoon

დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)

3.7 Good Morning

დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)

3.8 Please

გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)

3.9 Sorry

ბოდიში (bodishi)

3.10 Bye

ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)

3.11 I Love You

მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)

3.12 Excuse Me

უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Judaeo-Georgian

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

80,000.00
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Kartlian

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Kartli

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Pshavian

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Pshavi

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

20
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

4.30 million
Rank: 74 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

4.30 million
Rank: 69 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

ქართული ენა

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli

5.3.4 French Name

géorgien

5.3.5 German Name

Georgisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]

5.5 Ethnicity

Georgians

6 History

6.1 Origin

5th Century

6.2 Language Family

Kartvelian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Southern

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Modern Georgian

6.3.3 Language Position

120
Rank: 68 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Not Available

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

ka

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

kat

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

geo

7.3 ISO 639 3

kat

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

nucl1302

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Not Available

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic

Origin of Georgian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Georgian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Georgian language states that it was put to use in 5th Century. The history of Georgian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Georgian Language History.The evolution of Georgian language began with early forms such as Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian. Modern Georgian is the standard form of Georgian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Georgian Language.

Georgian population

Georgian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Georgian language. Georgian language is spoken by 4.30 million people in the world. Most of the Georgian population lies in the Georgian Speaking Countries. Georgian language is spoken as first language by 4.30 million people and no total count of people speaking Georgian as second language. Get to know Georgian speaking population in detail.

Georgian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Georgian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Georgian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Georgian script script is used by Georgian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Georgian language

Check out all the information about Georgian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Georgian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Georgian Speaking Countries, Georgian speaking continents and Georgian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Georgian countries knowing common Georgian Greetings will help you in communicating with Georgian people.