Countries
Georgia
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
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
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
géorgien
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
5th Century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Analytic
  
Georgian and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Macedonian language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Georgian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.