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