Countries
China, Mongolia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
210
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3523
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
139
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Olá
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
obrigado
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Como você está?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
boa noite
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
bom Dia
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Por Favor
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
pesaroso
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
tchau
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Brazil
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Portugal
How Many People Speak
123,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.004,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
826
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million231.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %3.27 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million216.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Português
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Português
French Name
mongol
portugais
German Name
Mongolisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1224-1225
3rd Century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Portuguese
Language Position
266
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
por
ISO 639 2/B
mon
por
ISO 639 3
mon
por
ISO 639 6
mon
por
Glottocode
mong1331
port1283
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
51-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-