Countries
Georgia
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
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
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
bye
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
géorgien
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
5th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Georgian and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Zulu language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Georgian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.