Countries
China, Mongolia
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Kazakh language agency
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.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3524
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
135
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2017
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
bye
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
123,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million11.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
mongol
kazakh
German Name
Mongolisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Kazahks
Origin
1224-1225
17th Century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Kazakh
Language Position
2693
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
mon
kaz
ISO 639 3
mon
kaz
ISO 639 6
mon
kaz
Glottocode
mong1331
kaza1248
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative