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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.