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Afrikaans vs 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  
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

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

Alphabets
35  
17
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
15  
12

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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
123,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Namibia  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.30 million  
22

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  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
17th Century  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
afr  

ISO 639 3
mon  
afr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
afrs  

Glottocode
mong1331  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic  

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Mongolian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Afrikaans language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Mongolian and Afrikaans Language History.

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Mongolian and Afrikaans 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 Mongolian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Afrikaans language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Mongolian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Mongolian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Mongolian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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