Countries
China, Mongolia
Norway
National Language
China, Mongolia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
hallo
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
takk
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
god natt
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
god morgen
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Vær så snill
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
unnskyld
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
ha det
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Not Available
Norsk
French Name
mongol
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Mongolisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Not Available
Norwegians
Origin
1224-1225
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mong1331
norw1258
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Mongolian and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Norwegian language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.