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Mongolian and Nepali


Nepali and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
35  
17
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
कृपया  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
mongol  
népalais  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
19 BC  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Nepali  

Language Position
26  
24
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
nep  

ISO 639 3
mon  
npi  

ISO 639 6
mon  
nep  

Glottocode
mong1331  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Mongolian and Nepali Speaking population

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Mongolian and Nepali Language Codes

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