Countries
China, Mongolia
Bhutan
National Language
China, Mongolia
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Tsip maza
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Laya
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Lunana
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Bhutan
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Adap
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Bhutan
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
mongol
dzongkha
German Name
Mongolisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Ngalop people
Origin
1224-1225
17th Century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
mong1331
nucl1307
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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Mongolian and Dzongkha Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Mongolian and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Dzongkha language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Dzongkha Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Mongolian and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.