Countries
Japan
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Japan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
japonais
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Georgians
  
Origin
1185
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic