Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2435
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Asante
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
tafadhali
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
pole
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
nakupenda
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
swahili
mongol
German Name
Swahili
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Mongols
Origin
6th century
1224-1225
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Mongolian
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
2126
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sw
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
mon
ISO 639 2/B
swa
mon
ISO 639 3
swa
mon
ISO 639 6
swa
mon
Glottocode
swah1254
mong1331
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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