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Mongolian
Mongolian

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Countries

Countries

China, Mongolia
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

China, Mongolia
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Turkish Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3553
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1310
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2043
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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Molo

Thank You

та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Unjani

Good Night

Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Molo

Please

Хэрэв (Kherev)
Ndicela

Sorry

Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Баяртай (Bayartai)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Khalkha Mongolian
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Mongolia
South Africa

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ordos Mongolian
Thembu

Where They Speak

Mongolia
South Africa

How Many People Speak

123,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Khorchin Mongolian
Hlubi

Where They Speak

Mongolia
South Africa

How Many People Speak

5,700,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

89
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.70 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.70 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

mongol
xhosa

German Name

Mongolisch
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Mongols
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

1224-1225
16th Century

Language Family

Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Mongolian
Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
isiXhosa

Language Position

2621
1 120
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Signed Forms

Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mn
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mon
xho

ISO 639 2/B

mon
xho

ISO 639 3

mon
xho

ISO 639 6

mon
xho

Glottocode

mong1331
xhos1239

Linguasphere

part of 44-BAA-b
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Mongolian and Xhosa Alphabets

Mongolian and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Mongolian and Xhosa. In Mongolian Alphabets there are 35 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Mongolian and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Mongolian and Xhosa languages. The Mongolian phonology consist Mongolian vowels and Mongolian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Mongolian greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Mongolian and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Mongolian and Xhosa Speaking population

Mongolian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Mongolian and Xhosa on Mongolian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Xhosa Language Codes

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