Countries
Burma
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu 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
Kinyarwanda Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2135
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1920
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Urakoze
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Ndagusavye
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
N’agasaga
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
990,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
153,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million5.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
rundi
mongol
German Name
Kirundi
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Mongols
Origin
1500
1224-1225
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
-
Mongolian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
8626
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
rn
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
mon
ISO 639 2/B
run
mon
ISO 639 3
run
mon
ISO 639 6
run
mon
Glottocode
rund1242
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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