Countries
China, Mongolia
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
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)
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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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3521
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
135
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Bwakeye
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Urakoze
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Mwaramutse
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Ndasubiza
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
N’agasaga
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Ha
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
123,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Shubi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
mongol
rundi
German Name
Mongolisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1224-1225
1500
Language Family
Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Kirundi
Language Position
2686
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
mn
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
run
ISO 639 2/B
mon
run
ISO 639 3
mon
run
ISO 639 6
mon
run
Glottocode
mong1331
rund1242
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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