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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.