Countries
China, Mongolia
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
-
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3529
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1320
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Hallo
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Mange tak
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
God nat
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
God aften
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
God morgen
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Please
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Undskyld!
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Farvel
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Scanian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Sweden
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Denmark
How Many People Speak
123,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Island of Bornholm
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million5.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million5.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
dansk
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
mongol
danois
German Name
Mongolisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Danish people or Danes
Origin
1224-1225
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Rigsdansk
Language Position
2618
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Danish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
da
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
dan
ISO 639 2/B
mon
dan
ISO 639 3
mon
dan
ISO 639 6
mon
dan
Glottocode
mong1331
dani1284
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional