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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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