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Xhosa vs Georgian


Georgian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Cabinet of Georgia  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Not Available  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
43  
32
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
Unjani  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
Molo  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
Ndicela  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kartli  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Pshavi  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
xhosa  
géorgien  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Georgians  

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
Not Available  
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
geo  

ISO 639 3
xho  
kat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
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  

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Xhosa and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Georgian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Georgian Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Georgian Difficulty

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

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