Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
China, Mongolia
National Language
Germany
China, Mongolia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
hallo
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Danke
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
gute Nacht
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
guten Abend
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
bitte
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Verzeihung
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Tschüs
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Germany
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Texas German
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Texas
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Not Available
French Name
allemand
mongol
German Name
Deutsch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Germans
Not Available
Origin
6th Century AD
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Germanic
Mongolian
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
mong1331
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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German 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 German and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Mongolian language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common German Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Mongolian Difficulty
The German vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.