Countries
Countries
China, Mongolia
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3527
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
136
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2015
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Bengali
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
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)
Khurumjari
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Nongale haugatl
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Saobiganu
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Chatcharage
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
দুঃখিত
Dialects
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Loi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Pangal
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
123,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.001,250,000.00
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 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
mongol
Meithei
German Name
Mongolisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Meithei people
History
Origin
1224-1225
1700
Language Family
Mongolic family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2638
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
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Code
ISO 639 1
mn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
mni
ISO 639 2/B
mon
mni
ISO 639 3
mon
mni
ISO 639 6
mon
mni
Glottocode
mong1331
mani1292
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
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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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