Countries
China, Mongolia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3533
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
137
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2031
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Selam
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
i'bakwon
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
aznallehu
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
tschao
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
123,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Showa
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
mongol
amharique
German Name
Mongolisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Amharas
Origin
1224-1225
13th century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Amharic
Language Position
2655
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
amh
ISO 639 2/B
mon
amh
ISO 639 3
mon
amh
ISO 639 6
mon
amh
Glottocode
mong1331
amha1245
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional