Countries
China, Mongolia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3524
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
135
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Habari
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Asante
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
tafadhali
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
pole
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
bye
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
123,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
mongol
swahili
German Name
Mongolisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1224-1225
6th century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Swahili
Language Position
2621
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mn
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
swa
ISO 639 2/B
mon
swa
ISO 639 3
mon
swa
ISO 639 6
mon
swa
Glottocode
mong1331
swah1254
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-