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Mongolian vs Zulu


Zulu 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  
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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Mongolian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Zulu language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Mongolian vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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