Countries
China, Mongolia
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3527
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
135
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2023
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Hola
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Gràcies
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Bona nit
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Bon dia
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sisplau
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Perdó!
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Adéu
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Caló
Where They Speak
Mongolia
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Valencian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Spain
How Many People Speak
123,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Spain
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
88
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
català
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
mongol
catalan; valencien
German Name
Mongolisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Mongols
Catalan people
Origin
1224-1225
c. 1028
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
2632
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
cat
ISO 639 2/B
mon
cat
ISO 639 3
mon
cat
ISO 639 6
mon
cat
Glottocode
mong1331
stan1289
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-