Countries
China, Mongolia
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3534
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
138
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2026
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Salam
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
chone tao?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
jawáin sawáh
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
bye
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
123,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Baluchi
French Name
mongol
baloutchi
German Name
Mongolisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1224-1225
19th Century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Balochi
Language Position
2639
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
bal
ISO 639 2/B
mon
bal
ISO 639 3
mon
bal
ISO 639 6
mon
bal
Glottocode
mong1331
balo1260
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-