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Mongolian and Greek


Greek and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
mongol  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
26  
24
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
gre  

ISO 639 3
mon  
ell  

ISO 639 6
mon  
ells  

Glottocode
mong1331  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Mongolian and Greek Speaking population

Mongolian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Mongolian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Greek Language Codes

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