Countries
Georgia
  
Burma
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Not available
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Not Available
  
French Name
géorgien
  
rundi
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1500
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Georgian and Kirundi 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 Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Kirundi language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Georgian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.