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 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
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-
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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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
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?
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
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
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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