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Georgian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
32   
22

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
80,000.00   
99+
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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
120   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Georgian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Armenian language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian Language History.

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Georgian and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Armenian language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Georgian vs Armenian Difficulty

The Georgian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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