Countries
China, Mongolia
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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)
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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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3521
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
135
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Salama!
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Misaotra
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Maraina tsara
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
azafady
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Miala tsiny
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Veloma!
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Merina
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
123,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Mongolia
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How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
82
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million18.00 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)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
mongol
malgache
German Name
Mongolisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Malagasy people
Origin
1224-1225
1000 AD
Language Family
Mongolic family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
standard Malagasy
Language Position
2684
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mn
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
mon
mlg
ISO 639 3
mon
mlg
ISO 639 6
mon
mlg
Glottocode
mong1331
mala1537
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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