Countries
China, Mongolia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3544
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
137
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
123,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
mongol
pachto
German Name
Mongolisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Pashtun
Origin
1224-1225
1651
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2682
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mon
pus
ISO 639 3
mon
pus
ISO 639 6
mon
pus
Glottocode
mong1331
pash1269
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional