Countries
Countries
China, Mongolia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3562
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
132
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2060
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
амритана
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Амарахь
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
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Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
123,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Sadz
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
mongol
abkhaze
German Name
Mongolisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Abkhaz people
History
Origin
1224-1225
c. 1650
Language Family
Mongolic family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Mongolian
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Abkhaz
Language Position
2628
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mn
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
abk
ISO 639 2/B
mon
abk
ISO 639 3
mon
abk
ISO 639 6
mon
abks
Glottocode
mong1331
abkh1244
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative