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Mongolian and Zulu


Zulu and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Mongolia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

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)   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35   
17
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
50   
35

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   
Sawubona   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
unjani   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
bye   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
mongol   
zoulou   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
19   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Mongolian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
zul   

ISO 639 3
mon   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Mongolian and Zulu Speaking population

Mongolian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Mongolian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Zulu Language Codes

Mongolian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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