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
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 in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Kartli
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pshavian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Pshavi
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
5th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Southern
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
nucl1302
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic
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.