Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
pole
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
bye
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
swahili
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Georgians
  
Origin
6th century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Southern
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Modern Georgian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic