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Somali vs Georgian


Georgian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Georgia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Arabic, Georgian script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Kartlian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Kartli   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Pshavian   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Pshavi   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Language Position
83   
99+
120   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

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   

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Somali and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Georgian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century 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 Somali and Georgian Language History.

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

Somali vs Georgian Difficulty

The Somali vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.

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