1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
China, Mongolia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
China, Mongolia
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Turkish Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Баяртай (Bayartai)
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Khalkha Mongolian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA123,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million5.70 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million5.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Mongolic family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Mongolian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
part of 44-BAA-b
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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