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Mongolian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
35  
17
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
30  
20

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
17th Century  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
26  
24
31  
29

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
mon  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
mon  
dzo  

Glottocode
mong1331  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

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.

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Mongolian and Dzongkha Language Codes

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