Countries
Georgia
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
bye
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
géorgien
  
shona
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Georgian and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Shona language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Shona Difficulty
The Georgian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.