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Zulu and Mongolian


Mongolian and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
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
Pan South African Language Board  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
13  
10

How Many Consonants
50  
35
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
Sawubona  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

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

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
bye  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Mongolia  

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Mongolia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

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

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Not Available  

French Name
zoulou  
mongol  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Mongolian  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
87  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
mon  

ISO 639 3
zul  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
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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All Zulu and Mongolian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Zulu and Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Zulu and Mongolian Speaking population

Zulu and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Zulu and Mongolian on Zulu vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Mongolian Language Codes

Zulu and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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