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Xhosa vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
China, Mongolia   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

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.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
13   
10

How Many Consonants
43   
32
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
Molo   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
Ndicela   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

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

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Mongolia   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
5.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Not Available   

French Name
xhosa   
mongol   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
mon   

ISO 639 3
xho   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Xhosa and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Mongolian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Mongolian Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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