Countries
China, Mongolia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3540
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1321
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Jeju
Where They Speak
Mongolia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Mongolia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
123,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Mongolia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million77.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
mongol
coréen
German Name
Mongolisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Koreans
Origin
1224-1225
Before 1st century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2612
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
kor
ISO 639 2/B
mon
kor
ISO 639 3
mon
Kor
ISO 639 6
mon
kor
Glottocode
mong1331
kore1280
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative