Countries
China, Mongolia
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.