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Georgian vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs 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   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
28   
18
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
hallo   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
goeie more   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
asseblief   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
jammer   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
Not Available   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
géorgien   
afrikaans   

German Name
Georgisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
5th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
120   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
afr   

ISO 639 3
kat   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Georgian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Afrikaans language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Georgian and Afrikaans Language History.

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Georgian and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Georgian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Afrikaans language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Georgian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Georgian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Georgian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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