Countries
Georgia
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
géorgien
  
arménien
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
5th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic