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Mongolian

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Mongolian and Zulu

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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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

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)
Pan South African Language Board

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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Turkish Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3557
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

137
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2050
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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Greetings

Hello

Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Sawubona

Thank You

та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
unjani

Good Night

Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Хэрэв (Kherev)
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Баяртай (Bayartai)
bye

I Love You

Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Khalkha Mongolian
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Mongolia
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ordos Mongolian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Mongolia
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

123,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Khorchin Mongolian
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Mongolia
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

5,700,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

84
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.70 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.70 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

mongol
zoulou

German Name

Mongolisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Mongols
Zulu people

History

Origin

1224-1225
19

Language Family

Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Mongolian
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2687
1 120
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Signed Forms

Mongolian Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mn
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mon
zul

ISO 639 2/B

mon
zul

ISO 639 3

mon
zul

ISO 639 6

mon
zul

Glottocode

mong1331
zulu1248

Linguasphere

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

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 Zulu Alphabets

Mongolian and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Mongolian and Zulu. In Mongolian Alphabets there are 35 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Mongolian and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Mongolian and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Mongolian and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Mongolian and Zulu Speaking population

Mongolian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Mongolian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Zulu Language Codes

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