Countries
Japan
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9935
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1420
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
kansai
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
318
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
japonais
mongol
German Name
Japanisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Mongols
Origin
1185
1224-1225
Language Family
Japonic Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
-
Mongolian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Japanese
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
826
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ja
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
mon
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
mon
ISO 639 3
jpn
mon
ISO 639 6
jpn
mon
Glottocode
nucl1643
mong1331
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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