Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
vänligen
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
hej då
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
suédois
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Georgians
  
Origin
13th Century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Southern
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic