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Mongolian and Persian


Persian and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, 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)  
سلام  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
لطفا  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
متاسف  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
mongol  
persan  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Persian  

Language Position
26  
24
23  
21

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
per  

ISO 639 3
mon  
pes  

ISO 639 6
mon  
pers  

Glottocode
mong1331  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Mongolian and Persian Speaking population

Mongolian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Mongolian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Persian Language Codes

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

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