Mongolian and Xhosa
Countries
China, Mongolia
South Africa
National Language
China, Mongolia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Molo
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Unjani
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Molo
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Ndicela
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Mongolia
South Africa
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Mongolia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Not Available
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Mongolisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
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Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1224-1225
16th Century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mong1331
xhos1239
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Mongolian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mongolian and Xhosa Speaking population
Mongolian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Mongolian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mongolian and Xhosa Language Codes
Mongolian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
