Countries
Iran
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Iran
China, Mongolia
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica
Asia
Minority Language
-
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
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
- 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
Persian
Turkish Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4535
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4020
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Thank you
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
how are you
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Good night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Good evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Good morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
i love you
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
excuse me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Feyli lurish
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bakhtiari
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Iran
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Laki
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Iran
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.00 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
89.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
nanme
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
louri
mongol
German Name
-
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Lurs
Mongols
Origin
19 BC
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Mongolian
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
gd
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
gd
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
2326
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
12
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lrc
mon
ISO 639 2/B
lrc
mon
ISO 639 3
12
mon
ISO 639 6
lrc
mon
Glottocode
12
mong1331
Linguasphere
12
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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