Countries
South Africa
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
South Africa
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- 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
Dutch Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
asseblief
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Not Available
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
mongol
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Mongolian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available. 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 Afrikaans and Mongolian on Afrikaans vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Mongolian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.