Countries
China, Mongolia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3553
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1328
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2027
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Laos
How Many People Speak
123,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
mongol
lao
German Name
Mongolisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Mongols
Lao people
Origin
1224-1225
1283 CE
Language Family
Mongolic family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Lao
Language Position
2643
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
lao
ISO 639 2/B
mon
lao
ISO 639 3
mon
lao
ISO 639 6
mon
lao
Glottocode
mong1331
laoo1244
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating