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Afrikaans and Mongolian


Mongolian and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
13  
10

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
-  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
-  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
5.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Mongolian  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
23  
21
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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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All Afrikaans and Mongolian 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 Afrikaans and Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Mongolian Speaking population

Afrikaans and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 %. 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 Afrikaans and Mongolian on Afrikaans vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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