Countries
South Africa
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3235
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Dankie
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
goeie nag
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
goeie more
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
asseblief
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
jammer
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Totsiens
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
-
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
-
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
7.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million5.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
afrikaans
mongol
German Name
Afrikaans
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Mongols
Origin
17th Century
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Germanic
Mongolian
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
2326
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
af
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
mon
ISO 639 2/B
afr
mon
ISO 639 3
afr
mon
ISO 639 6
afrs
mon
Glottocode
afri1274
mong1331
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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