1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Mongolia
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Mongolia
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Turkish Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Molo
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
123,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.70 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
5.70 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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