Georgia languages spoken. It is spoken as a first language by over 86 of the population. Georgian is the chief language of approximately 39 million people in georgia. Georgian language official language of the republic of georgia whose spoken form has many dialects usually divided into east georgian and west georgian groups.
Official language of georgia. Georgian is the primary language of 877 percent of the population followed by 62 percent speaking azerbaijani 39 percent armenian 12 percent russian and 1 percent other languages. 83 of the population speaks georgian.
Its my second time in this country and im just as confused as i remembered back in 2015 when trying to grasp the. Percentage of the total population living in households in which a given language is spoken at home. There are approximately 14 languages spoken in georgia with georgian as the most popular language.
Census bureau released the 2009 2013 american community survey which provides information on languages spoken at home and ability to speak english for the population 5 years and over for the united states as a whole states including puerto rico and washington dc selected counties and selected cities and urban areas. Facts about languages in georgia. Other common languages include english russian assyrian svan and urum among other languages.
Georgia united states 0 5 10 count spanish chinese 1 korean vietnamese french 2 hindi western african german gujarati afro asiatic 3. In october 2015 the us. These together with the related mingrelian megrelian laz chan and svan languages make up the kartvelian or south caucasian.
Languages in georgia state language spoken at home1. Three languages in one small ish country isnt really all that much. Few languages have boggled my mind more than what they speak here in georgia.
Statistics on languages spoken in georgia. For example equatorial guinea is only a third of the size of georgia but has three official languages and five recognised regional languages. Wikipedia says that more than 50 languages are spoken in benin which is about twice the area of georgia.
Aside from georgian language russian language is also spoken by a number of people in georgia. Kartuli ena pronounced kartuli na is a kartvelian language spoken by georgiansit is the official language of georgiageorgian is written in its own writing system the georgian scriptgeorgian is the literary language for all regional subgroups of georgians including those who speak other kartvelian languages. Population of the united states and georgia.
Here is a little more information about this beautiful eastern european language. English is also spoken in the country especially by the elites. The official languages of georgia are georgian with abkhaz having official status within the autonomous region of abkhazia.
Georgian kartuli ena romanized.