Countries
China, Mongolia
Bhutan
National Language
China, Mongolia
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Tsip maza
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Laya
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Lunana
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Bhutan
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Adap
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Bhutan
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
mongol
dzongkha
German Name
Mongolisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Ngalop people
Origin
1224-1225
17th Century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
mong1331
nucl1307
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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All Mongolian and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mongolian and Dzongkha Speaking population
Mongolian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Mongolian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mongolian and Dzongkha Language Codes
Mongolian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.