Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
China, Mongolia
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
- 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Hola
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Gràcies
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Bona nit
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Bona nit
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Bon dia
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Sisplau
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Perdó!
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Adéu
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
T'estimo
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Caló
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Valencian
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Spain
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Spain
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
català
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
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French Name
catalan; valencien
mongol
German Name
Katalanisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Catalan people
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Romance
Mongolian
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Catalan
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1289
mong1331
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Catalan 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 Catalan and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Mongolian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Catalan vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.