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Swahili and Georgian


Georgian and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Georgia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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.
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  • 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

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

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Georgian script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Judaeo-Georgian   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Kartlian   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Kartli   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Pshavian   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Pshavi   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   
120   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

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   

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All Swahili and Georgian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Georgian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Georgian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Georgian Dialects are spoken in different Georgian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Georgian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian , Kartlian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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