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Georgian vs Estonian


Estonian vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Finnish   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
28   
18
18   
8

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
Tere   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
aitäh   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
Palun   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
Vabandust   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
Head aega   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Eesti keel   

French Name
géorgien   
estonien   

German Name
Georgisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Estonians   

History

Origin
5th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Estonian   

Language Position
120   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
est   

ISO 639 3
kat   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Georgian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Estonian language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Georgian vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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