Countries
China, Mongolia
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Latvia
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)
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3533
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
139
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Sveiki
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Paldies
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Labdien
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Labrīt
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
lūdzu
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Piedodiet!
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
123,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Lettish
French Name
mongol
letton
German Name
Mongolisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1224-1225
1530
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Latvian
Language Position
269
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mn
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
lav
ISO 639 2/B
mon
lav
ISO 639 3
mon
lav
ISO 639 6
mon
lav
Glottocode
mong1331
latv1249
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic