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Greek and Mongolian


Mongolian and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
13  
10

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
5.00 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
mongol  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Mongols  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Mongolian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
74  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
mon  

ISO 639 3
ell  
mon  

ISO 639 6
ells  
mon  

Glottocode
gree1276  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Greek 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 Greek and Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Mongolian Speaking population

Greek and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 %. 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 Greek and Mongolian on Greek vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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