Countries
China, Mongolia
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3526
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
138
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2016
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
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-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Kia ora
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Kia ora
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
gafare
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
gafare
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Saremde
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
123,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Taolende
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
88
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
mongol
moré
German Name
Mongolisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Mossi
Origin
1224-1225
11th Century AD
Language Family
Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Mossi
Language Position
2637
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
mos
ISO 639 2/B
mon
mos
ISO 639 3
mon
mos
ISO 639 6
mon
mos
Glottocode
mong1331
moss1236
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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