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Russian vs Georgian


Georgian vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Georgia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Cabinet of Georgia   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Anatolian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic, Georgian script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
ბოდიში (bodishi)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Judaeo-Georgian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Kartlian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Kartli   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Pshavian   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Pshavi   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
4.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
4.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
ქართული ენა   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   

French Name
russe   
géorgien   

German Name
Russisch   
Georgisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Georgians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
5th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Kartvelian Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Southern   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Modern Georgian   

Language Position
7   
7
120   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ka   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
kat   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
geo   

ISO 639 3
rus   
kat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
nucl1302   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Russian and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Georgian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Russian and Georgian Language History.

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Russian and Georgian 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 Russian and Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Georgian language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Georgian Difficulty

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

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