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Zulu and Georgian


Georgian and Zulu


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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
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
Pan South African Language Board   
Cabinet of Georgia   

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Anatolian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
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
Sawubona   
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   

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

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
ბოდიში (bodishi)   

Bye
bye   
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   

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

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Judaeo-Georgian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Kartlian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Kartli   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Pshavian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Pshavi   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
4.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
4.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
ქართული ენა   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   

French Name
zoulou   
géorgien   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Georgisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Georgians   

History

Origin
19   
5th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Kartvelian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Southern   

Branch
Beatu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Modern Georgian   

Language Position
87   
99+
120   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ka   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
kat   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
geo   

ISO 639 3
zul   
kat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
nucl1302   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
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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All Zulu 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 Zulu and Georgian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Georgian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Georgian Dialects are spoken in different Georgian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Georgian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian , Kartlian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Zulu and Georgian Speaking population

Zulu and Georgian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Georgian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Georgian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Georgian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Zulu and Georgian on Zulu vs Georgian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Georgian Language Codes

Zulu and Georgian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Georgian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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