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Afrikaans vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
13  
10

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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  
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Mongolia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Afrikaans and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Mongolian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Mongolian Language History.

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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.

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