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 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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
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)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
Rank: 68 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million
Rank: 61 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
mongol
German Name
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Mongols
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
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
-