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Swahili vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
13  
10

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Asante  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
tafadhali  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
pole  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
bye  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Mongolia  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Mongolia  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
5.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Not Available  

French Name
swahili  
mongol  

German Name
Swahili  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th century  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Mongolian  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
mon  

ISO 639 3
swa  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Swahili and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Mongolian language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Swahili and Mongolian Language History.

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Swahili and Mongolian 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 Swahili and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Mongolian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Mongolian Difficulty

The Swahili vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Swahili and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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