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Georgian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Montenegrin  

French Name
géorgien  
serbe  

German Name
Georgisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
5th Century  
11th 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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
120  
99+
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
srp  

ISO 639 3
kat  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Georgian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Serbian language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Georgian vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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