Countries
South Africa
  
China, Mongolia
  
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 in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.