Countries
China, Mongolia
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Apache Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3536
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1312
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2034
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Nízhdził
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Arizona
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Mongolia
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
123,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Utah
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Navaho
French Name
mongol
navaho
German Name
Mongolisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Navajo people
Origin
1224-1225
1500 CE
Language Family
Mongolic family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Athapascan
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Navajo
Language Position
2629
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
nav
ISO 639 2/B
mon
nav
ISO 639 3
mon
nav
ISO 639 6
mon
nav
Glottocode
mong1331
nava1243
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic