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Mongolian and Amharic


Amharic and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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)  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
35  
17
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
31  
21

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
26  
24
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Mongolian and Amharic Speaking population

Mongolian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Mongolian and Amharic on Mongolian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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