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Mongolian
Mongolian

Lao
Lao



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Countries

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

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

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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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Greetings

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)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

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

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
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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

History

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

Code

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

Mongolian and Lao Alphabets

Mongolian and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Mongolian and Lao. In Mongolian Alphabets there are 35 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Mongolian and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Mongolian and Lao languages. The Mongolian phonology consist Mongolian vowels and Mongolian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Mongolian greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Mongolian and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Mongolian and Lao Speaking population

Mongolian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Mongolian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Lao Language Codes

Mongolian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.