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
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Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
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French Name
afrikaans
mongol
German Name
Afrikaans
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
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Origin
17th Century
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Germanic
Mongolian
Branch
Western
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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 6
afrs
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Glottocode
afri1274
mong1331
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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Afrikaans and Mongolian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Mongolian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Mongolian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.