Countries
Georgia
  
Japan
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Not Available
  
French Name
géorgien
  
japonais
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Georgian and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Japanese language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Japanese Difficulty
The Georgian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.