Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Mongolia
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.
- 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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Not Available
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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)
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
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
Not Available
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
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French Name
swahili
mongol
German Name
Swahili
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
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Origin
6th century
1224-1225
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Mongolian
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
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
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
swah1254
mong1331
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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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.