Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Somalia
  
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
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
somali
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Somali
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Georgians
  
Origin
19th century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic