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Mongolian
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Mongolian Language

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Countries

Countries

China, Mongolia

Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

China, Mongolia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)

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.

Similar To

Turkish Language

Derived From

-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

35
Rank: 17 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

13
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script

Writing Direction

-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Сайн уу (Sain uu)

Thank You

та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)

How Are You?

Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)

Good Night

Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)

Good Evening

Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)

Good Afternoon

Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)

Good Morning

Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)

Please

Хэрэв (Kherev)

Sorry

Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)

Bye

Баяртай (Bayartai)

I Love You

Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)

Excuse Me

Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Khalkha Mongolian

Where They Speak

Mongolia

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00
Rank: 44 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ordos Mongolian

Where They Speak

Mongolia

How Many People Speak

123,000.00
Rank: 79 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Khorchin Mongolian

Where They Speak

Mongolia

How Many People Speak

5,700,000.00
Rank: 35 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.70 million
Rank: 68 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.70 million
Rank: 61 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)

Alternative Names

Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat

French Name

mongol

German Name

Mongolisch

Pronunciation

/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/

Ethnicity

Mongols

History

Origin

1224-1225

Language Family

Mongolic family

Subgroup

Mongolian

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian

Standard Forms

Khalkha, Southern Mongolian

Language Position

26
Rank: 24 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Mongolian Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mon

ISO 639 2/B

mon

ISO 639 3

mon

ISO 639 6

mon

Glottocode

mong1331

Linguasphere

part of 44-BAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Origin of Mongolian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Mongolian language is one of the Best Languages to Learn. The origin of Mongolian language states that it was put to use in 1224-1225. The history of Mongolian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Mongolian Language History.The evolution of Mongolian language began with early forms such as Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian. Khalkha, Southern Mongolian is the standard form of Mongolian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Mongolian Language.

Mongolian population

Mongolian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Mongolian language. Mongolian language is spoken by 5.70 million people in the world. Most of the Mongolian population lies in the Mongolian Speaking Countries. Mongolian language is spoken as first language by 5.70 million people and as second language by about 5.00 million people. Get to know Mongolian speaking population in detail.

Mongolian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Mongolian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Mongolian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script script is used by Mongolian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Mongolian language

Check out all the information about Mongolian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Mongolian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Mongolian Speaking Countries, Mongolian speaking continents and Mongolian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Mongolian countries knowing common Mongolian Greetings will help you in communicating with Mongolian people.