Countries
China, Mongolia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Malayalam
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
35247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1312
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2018
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Tamil
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Kongu
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Kongu
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
123,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Mongolia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
810
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
mongol
tamoul
German Name
Mongolisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
1224-1225
300 BC
Language Family
Mongolic family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Modern Tamil
Language Position
2618
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Tamil
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
tam
ISO 639 2/B
mon
tam
ISO 639 3
mon
tam
ISO 639 6
mon
tam
Glottocode
mong1331
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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