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Mongolian and Swahili


Swahili and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Turkish Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Habari  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Asante  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
pole  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
bye  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Zanzibar island  

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
mongol  
swahili  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
6th century  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Swahili  

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
swa  

ISO 639 3
mon  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Mongolian and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Swahili Language Codes

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