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Georgian vs Zulu


Zulu vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
28   
18
50   
35

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
120   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Georgian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Zulu language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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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.

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