Countries
China, Mongolia
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3534
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1310
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
akkam
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Maaloo
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
naa dhiisi
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Borana
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Orma
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Kenya
How Many People Speak
123,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Wata
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Kenya
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
817
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 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
mongol
galla
German Name
Mongolisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Oromos
Origin
1224-1225
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Language Family
Mongolic family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Cushitic
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
2691
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mn
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
orm
ISO 639 2/B
mon
orm
ISO 639 3
mon
orm
ISO 639 6
mon
orm
Glottocode
mong1331
nucl1736
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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