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Mongolian and Zulu


Zulu and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
50  
35

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
6,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

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
26  
24
87  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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