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
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.